CHAPTER X. 



On the EDUCATION of the HORSE, 



V IRGIL, In his Georgics, thus poetically 

 gives his advice upon this subject : 



" Tu quos ad studium atque usum formabisagrestem, 

 " Jam vitulos hortare, viamque insiste domandi : 

 ** Dum faciles animi juvenum, dum mobilis setas." 



But previous to laying down any rules upon 

 this head, it will be necessary to enquire into 

 the degree of understanding possessed by the 

 horse, which, with that of other brutes, has ge- 

 nerally been called instinct. Natural historians 

 have attempted to explain this faculty ; but 

 many of them (particularly the French) have 

 indulged in such reveries, as to render their 

 works unworthy of attention or belief. 



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