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and put him to again, as I was not to be beaten without 

 a further trial. My friend, therefore, procured me a 

 wisp of straw, and strewed it on the ground under him, 

 and when I was ready set fire to it ; the animal made two 

 or three plunges clear of the straw, and then threw 

 himself down. 



Satisfied now that he might be made to go, but not by 

 such means, I thought I would try another element which 

 I had before seen applied with success. After getting 

 him up, I had him taken down to the canal, where I 

 found a barge just going to start with two horses at 

 length ; giving the bargeman 2s. Gd. to lend me some 

 draught harness, with his permission we put him in 

 behind the other two, first taking the precaution to have 

 the barge moored clear of the quay and other craft. We 

 then moved on, when the brute threw himself about — first 

 up in the air — then down on his knees — up again — then 

 forward — then back on his haunches : but the two fore 

 horses kept on, and their traces, acting upon the barge, 

 did not give him time to lay down, and, after two or three 

 attempts to baffle us, he rolled off the towing-path into 

 the canal. 



Here, after two or three plunges, and immersed in 

 water, the tackle holdinof orood, he reo;ained his feet and 

 the towing-path at the same time ; and the other two 

 horses keeping their places and their pace, and the barge 

 being in motion, there was nothing left for him but to 

 keep quietly on, or put up with another ducking. He 

 chose the former, walked up to his collar, and took his 

 share of draught for about two miles, without the least 

 attempt at gibbing. We then took him out and returned 



