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at his mouth with a curse or a shouted ' Stand still, 

 you brute, will you!' It only makes bad matters 

 worse. 



If your master or mistress starts from the stable- 

 yard, always as soon as they are seated and ready to 



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FIG. 6.— CORRECT HARNESSING. 



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start go to the gate and see if the road is clear, and 

 signal to anyone approaching to stop or draw aside. 

 They have gone, so now you can wash and hang 

 out the rubbers, brushes, etc. They will soon dry. 

 The Spaniards have a proverb, ' Dirty water won't 

 wash clean ' ; neither will dirty tools clean dirty things. 

 This is the time for odd jobi — sweeping your yard, 



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