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handle him to a certain extent, and has found 

 you are not going to hurt him, you may leave 

 his side (quietly and slowly as when you ap- 

 proached him) and get the halter you previously 

 hung up ; but avoid all hurry, jerking of the 

 arms, &c. Hold the halter in the left hand 

 with the ' shank ' coiled up, the end of which 

 you must grasp with the right hand. Approach 

 the colt gently as before, speaking soothingly 

 to him ; place your right hand on any part of 

 his body which is easiest got at, and work your 

 way gently up to the neck ; spend some time 

 here handling him with your right hand con- 

 taining the ' shank ' end (I am here supposing 

 the man to be on the near side of the animal, 

 where he ought always to endeavour to be). 

 Having reached the mane, pay the rope out 

 slowly between your fingers, so that it will fall 

 on the off side of the neck ; when about eigh- 

 teen inches to a couple of feet have been worked 

 out through your fingers, you will see the end 

 of the rope hanging down under the neck on 

 the off side. You must now keep handling the 



