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therefore how careful Ihould we be to keep our liacfc- 

 neys on a fafe adion, 'and awake under us oh -all 

 occafions. 



The lady fliould endeavour to make herfelf ac- 

 quainted with thofe objeds' which horfes are'moft 

 (libjecl to be aiarmed at, and firil of all is a wind- 

 mill in full fail, next foine can never be brought to 

 go comfortably by a tilted waggon, efpecially if meet- 

 ing it, others diflike aifes very muclv, i^omQ difiike 

 to face a man wheeling a barrow or an umbrella ex- 

 tended, an arch drain which is frequeratjy {cqr ro 

 carry the water away thro the banks m a turnpite 

 road, its laying low and of courfe prefents itfelf very 

 fuddenly, will fadly alarm fome, and any objedl 

 fuddenly prefenting itfelf is almoft fure to affright and 

 alarm any horfe infpirits, I once faw a lady get a fall, 

 by a cow ftiddenly prefenting its head over a hedge, yet 

 a more fteady animal never was, as 1 ufcd her four 

 years and never knew her ftart either before or after; 

 let it be remembered that horfes are more apt to be 

 Ihy or ftart in the duik of the evening than in broad 

 daylight, horfes with bad eyes are almoft fure to 

 ftart, yet ftarting is not a fure fign of bad eyes, as 

 man) imagine it, I mention thefe few obfervations 

 in regard to ftarting becaufe horfes which are moft 

 free from thofe faults, jt may happen to fome times ; 

 as horfes like men a^not alway in^fehe lame temper t 

 never jide <m a faft pace by any lane's end, or in 

 turning any fudden or (hort turn, for two reafdns; 

 £rft, t^t it is unfafe as the horfe might be fubje6t to 

 fall for want of being fupported, and put together 

 ^ by (hortening his pace, andfecondly by your not be- 

 ing able to difce';n the objeds which might prefent 

 themfelves to you fo as to difturb and alarm your 

 horfe : thefe little hints kept well in mind may be the 

 means of preventing many accidents, 



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