334 HUNTERS. 



This done, let a moderate feed of the beft 

 corn your local granary affords, be thrown 

 into, the manger, and the door of the flable 

 immediately clofed. Having thus confcien- 

 tiouily difcharged the incumbent office of 

 grateful protection ; embrace the few minutes 

 you have to fpare, in obtaining for yourfelf 

 what little refefhment nature ftands in need 

 of. Let no inducement w^hatever from more 

 unthinking companions attradl your atten- 

 tion from the ftate of your horfe to the cir- 

 culation of the bottle ; if once you fuffer 

 your fober judgment to relax from what 

 fhould be the invariable maxim of your per- 

 feverance, you know not where the indifcre- 

 tion ends ; one fingle ftep of deviation from 

 the line of prudence and propriety frequently 

 introduces a thoufand more to promote con-* 

 tiition. 



Upon ample demonftration, that every 

 horfe, fupported in a domeflic ftile, has as 

 fervent an attachment to his own ftall as his 

 niafter to his own bed, and will moft cheer- 

 fully encounter (if neceflary) much addi- 

 tional fatigue to attain it ; there is no doubt 

 but it is highly commendable to bridle him 



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