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of these actions ; some are inclined to practice them more than 

 others. 



" M. You say in some cases they are forced to do wrong, and 

 some you are forced to make them do right ; there are various 

 ways to force them to obedience. The first is to fasten them 

 together with a strong rope around their neck, giving them not 

 more than one foot apart, so that they cannot rear up and fall 

 down, then leading them about to let them know they are fast, 

 mount them and dismount them ; in this manner no horse can 

 throw his rider. Another method is to have a leather strap, so 

 strong that it cannot be broken, and draw around the waist so 

 tight that he cannot rear up. Another is to put on them side lines 

 to teach a horse to pace. 



" H. Our reason and observation teach us that a thing to be 

 done well, the mind must well comprehend the subject of it, and 

 practice makes it the more perfect." 



"RECIPES FOR TAMING WITH MEDICINE. (VERBATIM.) 



" To catch a horse, mule, or cow, take oil of rhodium, oil of an- 

 ise, oil of cinnamon, three equal parts, mix them together, and let 

 them smell it by putting it on your finger ends, and rubbing it on 

 or in the nose, and in ten or twenty minutes they are ready to re- 

 ceive your kindness and your plan of teaching, etc. It has an as- 

 tonishing effect on the animals of the world. I have managed 

 dogs in a wonderful manner by it. It soothes the wild and timid. 

 With a cow I have never failed to do all that may be required. 



"TO SICKEN HORSE WITH TOBACCO. 



* c Washing a horse with a strong decoction of tobacco will sub- 

 due his viciousness. One quart will make a nervous horse very 

 sick. Others of a bilious temperament require a gallon. 



"GREAT SECRET FOR TAMING. 



" One pound of oatmeal, a quarter pound of honey, half Law- 

 ranee, made into a cake and baked. Put the cake into your bo- 

 som and keep it there until it sweats, and when the horse has 

 fasted twelve or twenty -four hours, give it to him to eat. Then 

 use him kindly and gently. 



" The second best plan is to use the chestnut or scurf from the 

 leg of another animal. It is found on the inside of the fore leg, 

 above the knee, and on the hind legs adjoining the hocks. By 

 drying and pulverizing it, and putting it into a goose quill that 

 will hold a dose for each nostril, it serves to sicken or stupefy him. 



" Third. The Spanish manner is to milk the mare and mix 

 salt in it, and give it to them to lick from your hand some three 

 or four times a day. In three days they become fond of you." 



