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is allowed to take it frequently, be will not indulge 

 himself in large quantities : grooms and ostlers 

 always seem to forget that his sobriety far exceeds 

 their own. It is best to choose water that has not 

 been recently drawn from the well, for in summer 

 time its temperature is very cold. When a horse 

 refuses his food in travelling, the day's journey 

 should cease, and it will be well to mingle meal 

 with his w^ater, and give it him slightly w^arm. 

 This will often restore him to his appetite, and 

 enable him to resume his work the next morning 

 without difficulty. He should never be urged to 

 go more than twenty miles without a bait. I 

 generally stop for half an hour or forty minutes 

 every fifteen miles, and never found that I lost 

 time by doing so. I have picked up many a 

 useful hint in the management of a horse on the 

 road from commercial travellers ; some of them 

 are worth mentioning to those who, like myself^ 

 cannot always afford the luxury of a servant upon 

 a long journey. They may seem common-place 

 to many who are familiar w^ith the subject, but I 

 write expressly for readers of the opposite descrip- 

 tion, and they will thank me for such details. 



Even the rehef found by both horse and rider in 

 occasionally dismounting at long hills, w^hether in 

 ascending or descending them, seems forgotten by 



