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This done, caufe one to mount him, and let him 

 try to pull the Horfe two or three fteps back : You 

 will know as he is going back, if his Head be firm, 

 and if he perform it frankly, or only obeys with re- 

 lu&ancy, that fo you may give him another Bitt, 

 which may gain his confent. 



If he incline to carry low, you are not to give 

 him a Liberty for the Tongue, which will rife too 

 high, for that by tickling his Palate, would bring 

 his Head down between his Legs. 



Large Curbs, providing they be round, are al- 

 ways moft gentle : Take care that it reft in its pro- 

 per place, a little above the Beard, for without this 

 the Bitt-Mouth will not have the effect you might 

 exped from it. 



CHAP. XXXVIII. 



Of Branches. 



THE Branch is to be proportioned according 

 to the defign a Man hath either of bringing 

 in, or raifing a Horfe's Head. 



The Line of the Banquet is that part of the 

 Branch whereby we judge of its effects, and which 

 difcovers to us its flrength or wcaknefs. See Plate 3 

 Fig. 4. 



A ftrong or hardy Branch is that whofe Sevil-hole 

 at the lower end of it is placed upon the outiide of 

 the line of the Banquet. See Plate 3. Fig. 4, 5, 

 and 8. 



X A gentle Branch is that whofe Sevil-hole is placed 

 upon the infide of the faid Line. See Plate 3. Fig. 1 . 

 A rude and hardy Branch will bring in a Horfe's 

 Head, proportionally as it is more or lefs hardy ; 

 whereas a gentle Branch, by diminifhing the effect 

 of the Bitt- Mouth, rnake a Horfe njtore eafiiy to 



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