S4 DISEASES OF ANIMALS. 



filly was tied short up to a tree by the wall, and the 

 tamer was warned to be cautious, as she would strike 

 him with her fore feet. He app. jachtd cautiously ovei 

 the wall, and by the tree. Immediately upon his touch 

 ing the halter, the horse pranced about, and finally 

 pulled away, with a dogged and stubborn expression, 

 which seemed to bid defiance. Taking advantage of 

 this, he leaned over as far as he could, clinging all the 

 time to the tree with his right hand, and succeeded in 

 breathing in one nostril, without, however, being able 

 to blind the eyes. From that moment, all became easy. 

 He was very skilful in the management of a horse, 

 coaxed it, and rubbed its face, and breathed from time 

 to time into the nostrils, while the horse offered no resist- 

 ance. In about ten minutes, he declared his conviction 

 that the horse was subdued ; and he then unfastened it, 

 and, to the great and evident astonishment of all, led 

 it quietly away with a loose halter. Stopping in the mid- 

 dle of the field, with no one else near, he quietly walked 

 up to the horse, placed his arm over one eye, and his 

 hand over the other, and breathed in the nostrils. It 

 was pleasing to observe how agreeable this operation 

 appeared to the horse, who put up his nose to receive 

 the puff. In this manner, he led the horse through all the 

 fields to the stable yard, where he examined the fore feet 

 of the horse, which offered no resistance, but while he 

 was examining the hind feet, bent its neck round, and 

 kept nosing his back. He next buckled on a surcingle, 

 and then a saddle, and finally fitted the horse with a 

 rope. During the whole of these operations, the horse 

 did not offer the slightest resistance, nor did it flinch in 

 the least degree. 



BREAKING AND TAMING WILD HORSES. 



The following mode was practised by Mr. Jonathan 

 Smith, of Virginia. A vicious mare was given him to 

 tame, which, it was said, he could not manage, unless he 

 dealt with the devil, for she was a wild, skittish young 

 thing, high-tempered, and disposed to kick and bite. 



He orcteicd her into a stable, and then entered and 

 fastened the door. Before she had time to sui-vey him 



