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chastise her horse ; let some one else undertake 

 the breaking him of any vice. 



XXXI. 



In going down hill, always give your horse his 

 head, and keep your hand ready to assist him 

 should he require it. 



To the foregoing rules we think we can appro- 

 priately add the following Maxims, culled from 

 the same sources :— • 



Have patience at first and continue patiently. 



To pull one pound weight or more, 'tis said, 



and true, 

 You then carry the horse, not the horse carry 



you. 



Nature has made horses obedient to man ; it is 

 the abuses of man that have made them not 

 obedient. 



Neither horse or rider can do what he has 

 never been taught. 



Three things in art — Easiness, readiness, and 

 perfectness ; art is said to imitate nature. 



