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SCIENTIFIC RECREATIONS. 



" Many experiments have been made upon horses which had been 

 most difficult to shoe, and in each case we have succeeded when the electric 

 apparatus has been put in requisition. One horse, in particular, nothing 

 could subdue. He kicked and bit and jumped about in such a manner as 



to render all approach impossible. We had recourse at length to M. Defoy's 

 apparatus, and after the first application, and without any great difficulty, 

 we were able to raise the animal's feet ; but after a second lesson we were 

 permitted to shoe him without his offering the slightest resistance. He was 

 completely subdued." 



