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tk towards curing thcfe Evils, confequently a Horfe fo af- 

 fe'ded will never drefs well, becaufe he never can be made 

 fupple and ready ; befides, every Horfe is naturally inclin'd 

 to go to one Hand more than the other, and then he will 

 go to that Hand on which he finds himfelf the weakeft, 

 becaufe with the ftrongeft he can turn more eafily. 



They may likewife refufe to turn, from fome Defe<^ in 

 their Sight, natural or accidental. I have tried a Method to 

 remedy this Vice, vi^hich has anfwer'd very well ; I have put 

 a Lunette upon the ailing Eye, and as his Fault was owing 

 to his Eye, the Horfe began by degrees to go to that Hand 

 to which before he had refufed to turn : After this I made 

 two little Holes in the Lunette ; I enlarged them after- 

 wards, and the Eye of the Horfe being thus infenfibly ac- 

 cuftom'd to receive the Light, and he to turn to that Hand, 

 he no longer difobeyed ; I exercifed him in this Manner from 

 time to time, in order to confirm him in his Obedience. — 

 I have faid, that there is no Horfe who is not by Nature in- 

 clin'd to go better to oneHand than the other ; their inclina- 

 tion generally carries them to the Left rather than to the Right. 

 Some People impute this Preference to the Manner in which 

 the Foal lies in its Dam's Belly, and pretend that even then 

 it is entirely bent and turn'd to the Left : Others infift that 

 Horfes lay down generally upon their Right-fide, and from 

 thence contradl a Habit to turn their Heads and Necks to 

 the Left : But not to regard thefe groundlefs Notions, it is 

 eafier and more natural to believe, that this Habit is owing 

 to Ufe, and the Manner in which they are treated by thofe 

 who firft have had the Care of them. 



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