TAMING HORSES. 45 



comes perfectly familiar with the object tied to his 

 tail. Drive the horse away from you. Then call 

 him back again. Untie the mat from his tail, and 

 tie it to his neck, letting it hang down on one side, 

 and making him run in the same manner as before. 

 Take it off. Take a rattling, dry deer- skin or ox- 

 hide, and throw it down at some distance before 

 the horse. Raise it up and throw it down several 

 times, till the horse pays no attention to it when it 

 falls, or when you let it fall and rattle it. Let it 

 fall close before him, and make him smell of it. 

 Then throw it upon his neck. Let him first walk 

 and then run with it, till it falls off. Then con- 

 tinue with it, as you did with the mat, till you tie 

 it to his tail, and let him walk and run with it, 

 without showing the least signs of fear, which he 

 will do in a very few minutes. Next comes the 

 girt. To familiarize him to it, you will take, 

 firstly, a common rope, and throw it over his back, 

 and make him walk with it. Stop' him, and 

 double the rope. Let the middle of it hang upon 

 the right side, low enough for you to take it in 

 your hand where it is doubled, and draw it to- 

 wards you. Slip the two ends of the rope through 

 the doubled part, and haul it gently and by de- 

 grees, as if you were girting the horse. Loosen 

 and tighten it many times ; at last, fasten it, not 

 very tight. Make him walk and run in this man- 



