DIALOGUE BETWEEN MAN AND HORSE. 451 



that smells badly. I am a stranger to you ; all that will offend 

 any of the five senses, I will be compelled to guard against, and 

 those senses must have the proof that you will not hurt me, before 

 I will allow them to be on me. 



" M. I wish to put my hands all over you. 



" H. This you may do, by commencing at the face. Com- 

 mence rubbing on the face, and repeat it; then pass on down the 

 neck, first as slight as possible, and as I become used to it, rub the 

 harder. Remember always to rub the way the hair lies smooth. 

 My tail is, when I play, to be held up high ; as my pride and beauty, 

 you must be careful in handling it. But after you raise it, be 

 sure to repeat it, and raise it and put it down several times, until 

 it goes up quietly. It becomes habituated by use. 



" M. Then the more I rub you, and repeat it, the quieter you 

 get? 



" H. It is so with all beasts. 



" M. I wish to show you a pretty blanket, to teach you to let 

 a man's coat or lady's dress hang down by your side, and in win- 

 ter to keep you warm. 



" //. You Jiave shown me that you would feed me, and have 

 also shown me other new things that have not hurt me. I will 

 let you use the blanket about my face as soon as I can see and 

 smell it, and then, when I feel it and hear the rattle, I will better 

 understand it. If you change it for one of another color, I want 

 to look at it and examine its quality. 



"M. I will then spread it quietly over you, and repeat it, 

 then let it hang down at the tail, and let it fall off at the heels 

 and sides for a while ; then I will fasten it to the tail. This will 

 make you used to things falling off your saddle or person, so that 

 they will not frighten or make you kick. Will you let me hang 

 a rope over you about the creases of your neck so as to let it 

 drag along by your legs, and then over the back, to hang against 

 the hips, and as you turn to rub the hocks ; then to put on the 

 gear and fasten a rope to the ends of it, to get you accustomed to 

 them, and put lines on your back? 



" H. Yes, sir; if you will do it quietly, and not have the 

 rope too hard or rough, so as to make me think it is a snake bit- 

 ing, or thorns sticking in me. If you put on the gear and lines 

 (there are so many things about me at one time), I want you to 

 put me by the side of my old acquaintance, Ball, for I have often 

 seen him in the wagon, and the side that is against him I am not 

 afraid of being hurt, and where he goes I will go. Young horses 

 are fond of following their old friends; but you must remember 

 not to have me encumbered by a lot of gear, and then or to have 



things knocking and jerking about. 

 " M. How shall vou be sta] 



you be started? If you will go before, I will 



