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not be used with a tight nose-band ; because, when a strong 

 hold is taken of the reins, it opens out somewhat in the 



Fig. 44. 



form of a W> a ^d it would under such conditions, be apt 

 to hurt the roof of the mouth. Its nut-cracker principle is 

 altogether wrong (pp. 68 and 69). 



