Excerpt from Judge Haliburton's Yankee Stories: With Illustrations I was always well mounted: I am fond of a horse, and always piqued myself on having the fastest trotter in the Province. I have made no great progress in the world; I feel doubly, therefore, the pleasure of not being surpassed on the road. I never feel so well or so cheerful as on horseback, for there is something exhilarating in quick mo tion; and, old as I am, I feel a pleasure in making any per son whom I meet ou the way put his horse to the full gallop, to keep pace with my trotter. 'poor Ethiopel you recollect him, how he was wont to lay back his ears on his arched neck, and push away from all competition. He is done, poor fellow! The'spavin spoiled his speed, and he now roams at large upon my farm at Truro.' Mohawk never failed me till this summer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.