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come on." She turned her head round, looked at him, 

 and resumed her former position. She had not rested 

 sufficiently. The man said, " All right," and continued 

 to walk on. In a short time, the animal turned round 

 of her own accord, and followed the man to the top of 

 the hill. 



Some weeks afterwards, I again had occasion to visit 

 the same place. There was another driver and another 

 cab. The horse behaved very strangely, jerking, jibbing, 

 and occasionally stopping, though the road was in very 

 good condition. The driver used his whip freely, jerked 

 the reins, and bawled at the top of his voice, but the 

 horse really seemed too feeble to take the carriage to its 

 destination. 



On alighting, I went up to the horse's head and found 

 that there was a bearing-rein buckled as far back as pos- 

 sible. The horse was wet with perspiration, and fretting 

 with nervous excitement. The driver said that he had 

 put it on because the hills were so steep that he was 

 afraid lest the horse should fall and break her knees on 

 the loose stones. He then at my request took off the 

 bearing-rein, and the demeanour of the animal was 

 instantly changed. 



To my astonishment, I then recognised the same grey 

 mare whose behaviour had pleased me so much on 

 the previous occasion, but so altered was she by the 

 bearing-rein that I had not recognised her in the dark- 

 ness. 



The driver was not really a cruel man. He had done 



