6o Hints on Colt-Breaking, 



Lastly, if you have any chance of 

 getting him accustomed to steam, in any 

 of its forms, do so. Generally, on a 

 neighbouring farm, you can find a thresh- 

 ing-machine at work, or some other agri- 

 cultural instrument of horse-torture, and 

 it will not be time wasted if you take 

 him there and let him have a good look 

 at it. At first he will look as surprised 

 as Christopher Columbus might have done, 

 had he been told that some one else dis- 

 covered America ; but in time the feeling 

 will wear off, and as, in these days, we 

 can scarcely escape from the dominion of 

 steam, you will very often have occasion 

 to congratulate yourself on your fore- 

 tliought. 



You are now ready to adventure forth 



