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be frequently liable to perish in the water. A very small portion of 

 strength is sufficient to guide a Horse any where indeed, but particu- 

 larly in the water, where they must be permitted to have their heads, 

 and to be no ways constrained in any shape. 



" If Horses refuse to back, and stand motionless, the rider's legs must 

 be approached with the greatest gentleness to the Horse's sides ; at the 

 same time as the hand is acting in the reins, to solicit the Horse's 

 backing. This seldom fails of procuring the desired effect, by raising 

 one of the Horse's fore-legs, which being in the air, has no weight 

 ii|)on it, and is consequently very easily brought backward, by a small 

 degree of tension in the reins." 



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