26 HOESE-BREAKING. 



against liim, gradually cause him imperceptibly 

 to move in another circle, that is, with liim 

 nearest the centre, whilst before he had been 

 farthest from that point, and so you change 

 his legs and prevent him from thing. 



Keep changing the direction of the circle 

 fi'om time to time, and when you think he has 

 learnt how to lead in a circle, or that he is getting 

 tired, you can lead him back to his box by 

 circles. Do not attempt as yet to induce him to 

 to be led in a straight line, for if you do he is 

 almost sure to fight ; he cannot be made to 

 understand everything at once. So far he has 

 been taught to lead in a circle by stratagem, 

 and by stratagem he will also be taught to lead 

 in a straight line, but this must take place by 

 degrees, being postponed to a future day. 



Leave him in his loose box until the after- 

 noon, when you can lon^re him as^ain, and then 

 by degrees shorten the cavasson as before and 

 lead him in circles as in the morning, but do 

 not keep him out more than an hour, after 

 which take him back again in circles. On the 



