380 HOESE POKTEAITUKE. 



tools. It is great fortune that the injury has not been 

 more serious than it is. I would have imagined that, 

 when you saw these nails sticking out like the calkins of 

 a cart horse, you would have taken the rasp and filed 

 them off. 



PUPIL. The rasp had become worn, so that the job 

 would have been very tedious. But I will engage that 

 this lesson will be remembered, and if I ever drive a nail 

 in a horse's foot again, I will observe due caution that the 

 head does not arise above the fuller in the shoe. I am 

 very glad that your visit came so apropos, as the balsam 

 dressing is new to me, and I should have bound it up with 

 a solution of copperas and whiskey. 



PRECEPTOK. That is a capital application for ordinary 

 flesh wounds in a horse, and I am not acquainted with 

 anything better, though for a recent injury to the coronet, 

 we want something that will support, and keep the parts 

 in adhesion. You must have commenced early this morn- 

 ing if you are done driving all, except the colts, at this 

 time of the day. I do not approve of taking horses out 

 too early, and would much rather that the sun should be 

 up long enough to dissipate the vapors that collect during 

 the night. 



PUPIL. For the last week the weather has been so warm 

 that I have begun earlier than we formerly practiced, so 

 as to have the older horses done up before the heat of the 

 day. I have driven the Falcon first, and I think he 

 enjoys the early breath of the morning, and will welcome 

 the sun as it makes its first appearance over the hills, by 

 signs of delight as unmistakable as though he had the 

 power of expressing his thoughts in words. However, I 

 will defer taking him out in future till the sun's rays fall 

 more askant. Should you be inclined to listen, I will re- 

 count what I have done for the three weeks you have been 

 gone. 



