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with along the road on both sides, and even for 

 those which may come from behind, although of 

 them he may be less afraid. We should also atten- 

 tively follow the horse's motions as felt from the 

 seat, and by the hand, and observe the signs of 

 fear given by the ears and the head which during 

 fear is bent in the direction from which the horse 

 believes that the object of fear will approach. When 

 it is foreseen that he may be afraid, the horse 

 must be collected at once by hand aids and aids or 

 punishments for exciting him to go and his head 

 must be bent in a direction away from the object 

 of fear, in order to make him see it sideways, so 

 that he may be less afraid, as these are the only 

 means we possess of preventing him swerving on 

 one side or turning back and running into danger. 

 If we were to perceive from a distance a spe- 

 cial object coming towards us on the road, which 

 we thought the horse might be very much afraid 

 of, so that it would not be possible to hold him, it 

 would be better to turn back and go into a side 

 field, waiting until the object had passed, rather 

 than give him occasion to turn back. With horses 



