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when they do well, and to punlfh them when dlfobe- 

 dient, this rule though contained in few words yet is 

 of univerfal ufe in horfemanfhip. 



And Xenophon, who wrote a treatife on Horfe- 

 manlhip, more than twothoufand years ago, among 

 other notable remarks, when fpeaking on horfe-break- 

 ing, wherein he concludes thus : ''But there is one 

 *^ rule to be inviolably obferved above all others ; 

 **" that is, never approach your horle in a paffion ; 

 *^ as anger never thinks of confequences and forces us 

 *^ to do what we afterwards repent." 



Begging pardon for this (liort but ufeful digreffion, 

 I again obferve that fuch are the principles upon 

 which the perfe^ion and juftnefs of the aids of 

 the hand depend ; all others are falfe and not to 

 be regarded • — Thus far for the bridle hand^ and its 

 effedls. 



D LECTURE 



