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chines. He should be placed a long way off on the 

 first occasion and gradually brought up closer 

 afterwards. He should not be brought up closer if 

 in the more distant place where he was first held 

 he has not become entirely indifferent to the sight 

 of the object or the noise of the discharge. 



It requires a great deal of time to teach some 

 horses not to be afraid of railway trains. If it is 

 a carriage horse it should be led fi"ee and without 

 blinkers, and not attached to the carriage, but 

 with lounges and cavesson on foot as already sta- 

 ted. The horse should be stopped at a distance 

 from the place where the train passes, to that he 

 should see little of it, and hear little of the noise 

 to avoid making too great an impression. Each 

 day on which he is conducted afresh to see the 

 passing train, if his nervousness permits it, the 

 effect of fear will diminish, until finally he will 

 be persuaded to have no fear because no harm 

 happens to him. 



He should be shoA\'n the train once or twice a 

 day, but at long intervals at the beginning in or- 

 der not to excit€ him too much, and to give him 



