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much improved by actiug on the first principles laid down in 

 the introduction to this article — that is, by proving 4hat the 

 strange sights and sounds will do them no harm. 



When a railway is first opened, the sheep, the cattle, and 

 especially the horses, grazing in the neighboring fields, are 

 terribly alarmed at the sight of the swift, dark, moving trains, 

 and the terrible snorting and hissing of the steam engines. 

 They start away — they gallop in circles — and when they stop, 

 gaze with head and tail erect, until the monsters have dis- 

 appeared. But from day to day the live stock become more 

 accustomed to the sight and sound of the steam horse, and 

 after a while they do not even cease grazing when the train 

 passes. They have learned that it will do them no harm. 

 The same result may be observed with respect to young horses 

 when first they are brought to a large town, and have to meet 

 great loads of hay, omnibuses crowded with passengers, and 

 other strange or noisy objects ; if judiciously treated, not 

 flogged and ill-used, they lose their fears without losing their 

 high courage. 



To accustom a Horse to a Drum. — Place it near him on 

 the ground, and without forcing him, induce him to smell it 

 again and again, until he is thoroughly accustomed to it. 

 Then lift it up, and slowly place it on the side of his neck, 

 where he can see it, and tap it gently with a stick or your 

 finger. If he starts, pause, and let him carefully examine it. 

 Then commence again, gradually moving it backward until it 

 rests upon his withers, by degrees playing louder and louder, 

 pausing always when he seems alarmed, to let him look at it 

 and smell, if needful. In a very few minutes you may play 

 with all your force, without his taking any notice. When 



