56 Hints on Colt-Brcakiug, 



I fully expected to have a lively scene, 

 but all lie did was to slightly move his 

 back, wag his head (which he tried to 

 get down and couldn't), and walk quietly 

 off. This did not seem to him exactly 

 the right thing, nor what he was accus- 

 tomed to, so he stopped twice to think 

 about it, wagging his head each time. 

 Had I struck or spurred him, no doubt 

 he would have done his best to get me 

 off, but as I did not excite him in any 

 way, he reasoned that somehow or other 

 bucking was less agreeable than it used 

 to be, and that it was fully easier to 

 take no trouble, but just go on quietly. 

 I kept the Indian bridle in his mouth 

 for two miles, and did not see any sign 

 of wickedness about him, till we got to 



