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harness on; and then put one of your horses in the shafts 

 of the carriage, whilst you hitch the colt along side, 

 with the harness on. Drive them in this way several 

 times, then put the colt in the shafts and drive them 

 several times, with the old horse at his side. While 

 you are on the road, you should have the old horse 

 ridden ahead of the young one, and then drive the 

 latter by himself. By this process, you will have a 

 first rate family horse, gentle and docite. 



That peculiar people, the Turks, at Constanti- 

 nople, give the following account of the Turkish 

 horse. Our own wise people may learn a lesson of 

 humanity from their words. " There is no creature 

 so gentle and respectful to his master, as the Turkish 

 horse. The reason is, they treat their horses with 

 great lenity ; they make them lovers of mankind, and 

 they are so far from kicking, wincing or growing un- 

 tractable by this gentle usage, that you will hardly find 

 a vicious horse among them." Alas! " our Christian 

 grooms go on another rate. They never think them 

 rightly curried until they thunder at them with their 

 voices, and let their clubs or horsewhips dwell on 

 their sides. This makes some horses tremble when 

 their keeper comes into the stable, so that they hate 

 and fear them too. But the Turks love to have their 

 horses so gentle, that at the word of command they 

 may fall on their knees, and in that position receive 

 their riders. They will take up a staff or club on 

 the road which their rider has let fall, and hold it up to 



