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it ought to be large, in order to give him some 

 exercise with the halter before you lead him out. 

 If the horse belongs to that class which appears only 

 to fear man, you must introduce yourself gently into 

 the stable, room, or yard, where the horse is. He 

 will naturally run from you, and frequently turn his 

 head from you ; but you must walk about extremely 

 slow and softly, so that he can see you whenever 

 he turns his head towards you, which he never fails 

 to do in a short time, say in a quarter or half an 

 hour. I never knew one to be much longer without 

 turning towards me. 



" At the very moment he turns his head, hold out 

 your left hand towards him, and stand perfectly still, 

 keeping your eyes upon the horse, watching his 

 motions, if he makes any. If the horse does not 

 stir for ten or fifteen minutes, advance as slowly as 

 possible, and without making the least noise, always 

 holding out your left hand, without any other ingre- 

 dient in it than what nature put in it." He says, 

 "I have made use of certain ingredients before 

 people, such as the sweat tinder my arm, &c., to 

 disguise the real secret, and many believed that the 

 docility to which the horse arrived in so short a 

 time was owing to these ingredients; but you see 

 from this explanation that they were of no use what- 

 ever. The implicit faith placed in these ingredients, 

 though innocent of themselves, becomes ' faith with- 

 out works/ And thus men remained always in 



