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him in harness as the servant who brought him 

 expected I should, and intended waiting to see, I put 

 him into the stable, where I let him amuse himself by 

 looking at the empty rack and manger that day, the 

 whole night, and till noon the next day, about 

 twenty-seven hours. My man wondered what keep- 

 ing a perfectly quiet horse without food had to do 

 with his drawing. Possibly he thought a good 

 hunting whip would be more likely to effect the 

 purpose ; I should have deserved one had I thought 

 so. After this fast, I put the harness on with a 

 breast collar, to allow the free use of his neck. 1 

 had a very light shooting-cart drawn into the middle of 

 a field, and there put the gentleman in with a cavesson 

 on, and giving a rope of some ten yards long into a 

 man's hand, desired him to sit down, and take no 

 notice whatever of the horse, but to let him stand 

 still till night if he wished to do so. Four hours had 

 elapsed, arid there stood the horse still as a statue. 

 He shortly, however, began shuffling about, and 

 looking about : at last, hunger and the tempting look 

 of the herbage induced him to put down his head : 

 he got a mouthful ; and finding the salad quite to his 

 taste, he ate all he could reach (without moving) till 

 he came to the bare earth. He stretched out his neck, 

 felt the traces tighten, and recoiled: presently he 

 tried again, and advanced a step, then another, and 

 another ; in short, began regularly grazing as if loose. 

 It was not my business to let him satisfy himself, so 

 I had him taken out, and treated with the bare rack 

 and rnanger till morning. He was then put in again, 

 and at once set to eating like a Trojan. The man's 

 sitting still was now at an end, for during the day 

 the field was walked over and over in all directions. 



