1 2 Management and Treatment of the Horse. 

 should be done. I went with him, thinking 



there must be some mistake, as I had known his 



coachman for some years as a kind, good-tempered 

 man with horses. When I reached the stables, I 

 had the horse brought out to the light, and with 

 the aid of a bodkin threw back the eyelid, and 

 exposed to the view of the gentleman a hay-seed 

 firmly imbedded in the haw of the eye, and it was 

 with great difficulty that I removed it. It was 

 a seed of the Bearded Darnell (^Lolium Tejmdem). 

 The explanation was sufficient, the gentleman 

 apologized, and went away a wiser man. The 

 stall should be high enough to prevent the horses 

 from getting their heads over, so that they cannot 

 bite each other in play. The loose box should be 

 at least 12 feet square. I hate small boxes, for 



