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slightest intention of inflicting injury, unless 

 he has been rendered savage by previous 

 bad treatment, which in this case has con- 

 verted curiosity into vice. Teasing a horse 

 by offering him objects to smell or eat, and 

 then pulling them away, will also teach him 

 to snap at passers-by. This deplorable 

 custom of striking and teasing horses at sea 

 is the cause of quickly making the large 

 majority of them try to bite or violently 

 throw their heads upwards and backwards, 

 so as to get out of harm's way when any 

 one goes past them. Hence, before horse 

 attendants commence their duties on board 

 ship, they should be seriously cautioned 

 never to touch or threaten a horse's muzzle ; 

 and that when they are obliged to come up 

 to an animal which is* at all nervous or 



