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it, &c. You can likewise give him the same exer- 

 cise as you do to a wild horse of the third kind, 

 and you will not fail to succeed in correcting him 

 by repeating it several times. I never knew a 

 horse to b*3Come skittish that I had gentled by my 

 secret, though I am not certain that such a thing 

 might not happen ; for, as I said before, there is no 

 rule without an exception. 



A HORSE THAT WILL NOT SUFFER HIS 

 EARS TO BE TOUCHED 



Begin at his forehead, just above the nose, and 

 handle it in the same manner as you would do 

 with a wild horse, according to the rules laid 

 down in that part of the secret. Gentleness, Pa- 

 tience, Perseverance, Faith ; all these are neces- 

 sary, in order to succeed with some horses. It has 

 taken me from five to six hours, to be able to 

 handle the ears of some horses; but, at the end of 

 that time, they let me handle them with as much 

 ease as I could those of a house-dog. They will 

 always let you handle them afterwards. 



Shortly after my arrival in Mexico, a gentleman 

 who had read an article which the President had 

 caused to be published in the government paper, 

 concerning what I had done with a wild horse that 



