2/8 RIDING FOR LADIES. 



his jaws, and form a kind of tunnel with the ends ; through 

 this the arm should be passed, the hand holding a sponge 

 steeped in chloroform, which should be held steadily with- 

 in four inches of the nostrils, and only removed to transfer 

 the sponge to the other hand in the event of the first be- 

 coming tired. 



When the friend who has carried us has to be destroyed, 

 the kindest and easiest way to do it will be to open a vein 

 and blow in a little air with an instrument made for the 

 purpose — a sharp lance, or rather needle, hollowed in the 

 centre, and with an air-chamber attached. Death is then 

 absolutely instantaneous. If shooting is to be resorted to, 

 the weapon should be placed right behind the ear, in a 

 slightly slanting direction, the muzzle pointing for the brain. 

 Shooting in the centre of the forehead is frequently mere 

 butchery. In all instances of so sad a nature the eyes of 

 the victim ought to be gently bandaged, and the whole 

 matter conducted as silently and in the presence of as few 

 persons as possible. 



Melancholy as is the destruction of an animal we have 

 loved, and who has loved and served us in return, it is in- 

 finitely less so than selling a worn-out or injured creature 

 to servitude, which generally means hardship and a hard 

 and miserable death. Such barter can bring no blessing. 

 The eternal God of pity sends us these noblest of His 

 creatures with the intention that they should serve us, yet 

 not as slaves, and knowing that they must perish, yet not 

 willing that they should do so by any unrighteous or cruel 

 means. At our hands will their blood, I believe, be re- 



