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hands and bade him a tender adieu. As it 

 was in summer time, I placed him in a cool 

 box stall, with a clean dirt floor, a bit of 

 carpet for him to lie on, and a dish of 

 water to drink. 



At supper time I poured down his throat 

 a good dose of epsom salts and set before 

 him a dish of bread and milk ; but with a 

 look of supreme disgust he turned away, 

 and I removed it. This treatment was fol- 

 lowed up twice a day, and it was not until 

 the fourth day that he would look at the 

 food, and even then he only lapped a few 

 drops of milk. The next morning, in a 

 very dainty manner, he ate about half a 

 cup of milk, but refused the bread, and a 

 full week passed before he would touch it ; 

 but, as I had greatly reduced the quantity 

 of milk, he finally took a bit of it in his 

 mouth and, with a very sheepish look at 

 me, finished his allowance. After this 

 there was no trouble on this score and he 

 always cleaned up his rather scant rations. 



