114 THE SUMMERING OF HUNTERS. 



to the blister-pot and firing-iron. We will en- 

 deavour to point out as we go along how much these 

 means are abused by showing in their true light the 

 conditions w^hich are usually considered as calling 

 them forth. There can be no doubt that our present 

 plan of summering hunters in boxes instead of out in 

 the open, exposed to fierce heat, flies and vicissitudes 

 of the weather is a step in the right direction ; but 

 let us see how far this is so, judged by the light of 

 our day. 



At the risk of being tedious we must begin at the 

 very foundation of our subject, and first mention 

 matters wdiich seem to have little or no bearing on 

 the case in hand. 



First then we must bear in mind that horses, like 

 all animals soever are, as bodies, made up of two 

 sets of tissues — 



1. Master tissues. 



2. Servant tissues. 



Then, again, w^e must remember that the only power 

 in the universe which animals possess over matter 

 is to move it from one place to another. Thus all 

 that a horse can do is to move a part or the whole 

 of himself from one place to another ; or to move 

 some matter outside himself — his rider for instance 

 — from one place to another. This is a great idea, 

 and if we grasp it thoroughly, all the rest of our 

 reasoning is easy. We repeat, the only power we 

 have over matter is to move it. Now about our two 

 tissues. We have called them master and servant 



