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time to calm down, but this must be continued 

 every day. In bringing him up closer the stages 

 should be very gradual, so that he should not be 

 alarmed. If it is sought to draw him near in a few 

 days in order to get the matter over quickly, he 

 may very easily learn the contrary, i. e. to be afraid 

 instead of learning to have no fear. A great deal 

 has then been lost, and it is necessary to begin 

 anew standing at a greater distance, and at such 

 a distance that he is not alarmed by it, but in 

 this case it has become more difficult to remove 

 his fear, because the fear has taken root in the 

 mind of the horse. An enclosed field near a rail- 

 way and another horse or more horses for com- 

 panionship simplify very much the process of teach- 

 ing him to have no fear. Oxen grazing in the 

 fields near the railway, after having for some days 

 observed that the passing of the train does them 

 no harm, become indifl"erent to it. It then remains 

 to teach him not to be afraid standing close to the 

 train, because standing at a certain distance causes 

 little fear, but standing close a great deal. Standing 

 near a train going at high speed excites great fear, 



