86 TAMING H0RSE8. 



The same pen you make for one mule, may serve 

 for others which are of about the same size ; and 

 thus you may break, in a very few dpvys, a great 

 many mules, so as to go immediately to work with 

 them, without laming them by blows and rough 

 usage, which is often the cause of their being re- 

 fractory the rest of their lives. I have broken a 

 sufficient number of them to bear witness of the 

 truth of this assertion. All those persons who 

 may have learnt any part of my secret of breaking 

 horses in a few hours, have remained perfectly si- 

 lent with regard to mules, though they have un- 

 doubtedly tried their skill upon them, but in- vain. 



HOW THALES, one of the seven wise men of 



GREECE, CORRECTED A MULE OF THE 



HABIT OF LYING DOWN EVERY 



TIME IT PASSED A CERTAIN 



RIVER. 



Thales, one of the seven wise men of Greece, 

 had a mule which used to carry loads of salt from 

 one place to another, in consequence of which, it 

 had to cross a very wide, but rather shallow river. 

 It so happened one day, that whilst it was cross- 

 ing the river, being heavily loaded, it stumbled 

 and fell down, and remained some time in the 



