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advancement of his education. If he is not inclined to 

 obey you at first, wait patiently until he is; do not urge 

 hiin too much at first; keep your eye on his, as he ever 

 will on you; then you will discover by the motion of the 

 ear and the expression of the eye when he is willing to 

 mind you. Then show him whatever you wish him to 

 do, by motions, or by pushing him to do it, or even in 

 some cases do it yourself, and then make him do the 

 same; for the horse is often known to imitate his master 

 when thus inclined to mind. The word should always 

 be distinctly given to suit every effort made to have him 

 learn to do anything, whether there is to be any coercion 

 used or not; and whenever he does the least thing as 

 you tell him to, you should pat and give him a taste of 

 anything he has learned to like, as an expression of de- 

 light in being obeyed. In this way his memory enables 

 him, as he becomes familiar with his master's voice and 

 words, to be taught almost anything he choses to learn 

 him, that his cultivated intellect is capable of acquiring. 

 You can learn him to understand what you say to him; 

 and you can learn him to perform any little trick you 

 please, by the slightest motion of the hand, foot or whip, 

 or even by the motion of your own eye, telling him in 

 this way what you wish him to do, after he has become 

 familiar with the signal, by its being accompanied with 

 the word. Such is the keen perception of this animal. 

 When a horse has been well broke in this manner, 

 or by kind treatment, he will always be safer to drive 

 and handle than one broke in the usual manner (or not 

 at all, as a great many are), and he will remain so 

 through life, or at least in the hands of a kind master; 



