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drove the " Telegraph,"* when he, thinking 

 he could make him go by whipping the wheel 

 horses, and driving the bars on to him, only 

 proved the better effects of patience and 

 mild treatment, for he could not succeed, 

 and the horse was obliged to be taken out 

 and another substituted. In my passage 

 through life I have found that this mode of 

 treatment will equally apply to another 

 species, whose mouths are not confined by 

 bit and bridle, but who are sometimes 

 similar in temper, and almost as destitute 

 of understanding. 



This little triumph served further to 

 ingratiate me with both father and son; 

 and from this time, if anything occurred 

 in the field such as a horse breaking his 

 knees, getting staked, or what not it was 

 said, " Never mind send him to Cross; 

 he will know what to do with him." 



In the meantime, I was honoured with 

 the continued intimacy of the son, who 



* George Elliott. 



