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his easy submission. Thus, by means of this direct force, a few 

 lessons will be sufficient to give a pliability to the part in ques- 

 tion which could not have been obtained by any other means. 

 Fiffure 6. 



Figure 5. 



For the lateral flexions of the neck, the man will place 

 himself near the horse's shoulder, as for the flexions of the jaw ; 

 he will take hold of the right snaffle-rein, which he will draw 

 upon across the neck, in order to establish an intermediate 

 point between the influence which is conveyed from himself 

 and tfce resistance which the horse oflers ; he will hold uj) the 

 left rein with the left hand about a foot from the bit. As soon 

 as the horse endeavors to avoid the constant tension of the right 

 rein by inclining his head to the right, he will let the left rein 

 slip so as to offer no opposition to the flexion of the neck. When- 



