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with liis nose, and go through his process of exami- 

 nation, he will not care anything more about it. 

 And the same principle and process will have the 

 same effect with any other object, however frightful 

 in appearance, in which there is no harm. Take a 

 boy that has been frightened by a false face, or any 

 other object that he could not comprehend at once ; 

 but let him take that face or object in his hands and 

 examine it, and he will not care any thing more 

 about it. This is a demonstration of the same prin- 

 ciple. 



With this introduction to the principles of my 

 theory, I shall next attempt to teach you how to put 

 it into practice; and, whatever instructions may 

 follow you can rely on, as having been proven prac- 

 tically by my own experiments. And knowing from 

 experience just what obstacles I have met with in 

 handling bad horses, I shall try to anticipate them 

 for you, and assist you in surmounting them, by 

 commencing with the first steps to be taken with the 

 colt, and accompanying you through the whole task 

 of breaking. 



HOW TO SUCCEED IN GETTING THE COLT FROM 

 PASTURE. 



Go to the pasture and walk around the whole herd 

 quietly, and at such a distance as not to cause them 

 to scare and run. Then approach them very slowly, 

 and if they stick up their heads and seem to be fright- 



