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signs of thorough upset, the Author's answer was *' Lend 

 me 5'our horse for a week," which was agreed to, the 

 writer sending it to his own stable ; and that day week 

 the owner, to his very great astonishment and delight, 

 witnessed the fact of his once savage brute being harnessed, 

 attached to the vehicle, taken down the lane a hundred yards, 

 unharnessed, put into the stable, and every thing in its place, 

 unaided, in about fifteen minutes, and all without the 

 slightest noise or commotion, the only movement in the 

 stable on the part of the horse being when it came round of 

 its own free will to put its nose into the collar. In reply to 

 to the owner's second query — "How have you done it?" 

 the Author's answer was, " System, sir, made up of kind- 

 ness and patience, in equal proportions ;" — 



** Cela baute aux yeux. 



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