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From Belleville I went to the town of Picton, 

 where I found many admirers of that noble ani- 

 mal, the horse. Though the place is not large, 

 the people flocked to my exhibitions, and gave 

 me a class of one hundred and forty members, 

 while, after I had left their town, and was 

 engaged at the village of Wellington, twelve 

 miles distant, a deputation from Picton waited 

 on me, and presented me with the following 

 diploma, which will speak for itself: 



PICTON, May 17, 

 PROF. O. S. PRATT : 



We, the members of your class, formed in the town of 

 Picton, are unwilling to allow you to take your leave with- 

 out warmly expressing the great satisfaction that has been 

 ours since your arrival among us. Your plain, lucid and 

 highly interesting lectures, combined with your gentlemanly 

 deportment, has been such as to leave a lasting and bene- 

 ficial impression on our memories. Your manner of hand- 

 ling vicious and untutored horses has been highly gratify- 

 ing to us, and the rapid progress made by you clearly 

 proves the superiority of your system. Your book, so replete 

 with instructions, illustrating what we have seen practically 

 demonstrated, will, we believe, greatly benefit us in the prac- 

 tice of your system in future years. 



