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large, besides the cost of extensively advertising, 

 that I might give wider publicity to a system 

 which had gained general favor wherever it was 

 known. 



The far-famed city of Boston was my next 

 resting-place. Here, as at other places, I found 

 it necessary to exhibit in an academy, and, hav- 

 ing fitted it up, I entered on my work with 

 renewed hope and energy, believing, from the 

 usefulness and practicability, of my system of 

 educating the horse, that a failure was impos- 

 sible. Nor was I disappointed ; the shrewd 

 minds of the Bay State saw the value of the 

 knowledge I imparted, and, cheered on by grow- 

 ing favor, I put forth every effort, and was 

 rewarded by the most gratifying success, as my 

 class reached the large number of three thou- 

 sand persons. 



With the close of my labors in Boston the 

 winter had passed away, and I decided on a trip 

 reaching northward as far as Portland, in Maine, 

 making short stops at the several towns between 

 Boston and that place, first stopping at a beauti- 



