16 INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. 



horses that are restive. We shall next lay down the 

 outlines of a method applicable in nearly all cases of 

 insubordination ; and, finally, specify for some particular 

 forms of restiveness the treatment that promises the 

 best results ; as also what should be avoided for very 

 much depends on this. In a word, we propose showing 

 that a rational methodical treatment of what is called 

 vice offers much better chances of success than violent 

 measures ; and with this general statement of the aim 

 and object of this treatise we now conclude our intro- 

 ductory chapter. 



