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he alone then pays the penalty of his fault, but an 

 irritated horse in harness, particularly in light private 

 carriages, is dangerous to a degree. We may and can 

 manage him as wheeler to a coach, the weight and his 

 companion holding him in check, but in a light car- 

 riage let me tell young coachmen who may think they 

 are in little d auger, that no man living can hold two 

 horses determined to run away, and as to four all in 

 the same- mind they are no more to be held than a 

 locomotive engine For this reason their steam should 

 never be got up too high. 



Having gc>t so far I must now do what I ought to 

 have done at the commencement, — show my motive 

 for commencing at all. It was neither more nor less 

 than that I cousidered a regular treatise on driving, in 

 the general sense of the word, Avould be a work of 

 great utility, and all I intend, or hope to do, is to show 

 that driving is not quite comprehended by sitting be- 

 hind a horse or given number of horses, with the reins 

 in the driver's hand, trusting to Providence and good 

 lucli for getting along in safety. 



"A little knowledge is a dangerous thiug," I really 

 flatter myself that I possess comparatively a good 

 deal in these matters, yet this teaches^ me that I do not 

 know quite half enough, and also that many who profess 

 a great deal really know nothing at all. 



