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horse she rested not until she had thrown her rider or 

 broken her halter, and then she rushed on the object 

 of her dislike with the utmost fury. She generally 

 contrived to seize the animal by the head or throat, 

 and held him so fast that she would suffocate him, 

 if he were not promptly released from her bite. 



Another mare exhibited no dread except of white 

 inanimate objects^ as white mantles or coats, and 

 particularly white plumes. She would fly from them 

 if she could ; but if unable to accomplish this, she 

 would rush fiercely upon them, strike at them with 

 her forefeet, and tear them with her teeth. 



One of these horses, the second, was by long and 

 kind attention divested of ^ its insane terror, and 

 became perfectly quiet and useful; but the other 

 three bid defiance to all means of cure, and to coer- 

 cion amongst the rest. The cases of all four were as 

 decided instances of monomania, or insanity confined 

 to one object, as ever were exhibited in the human 

 being. 



