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that I fhall not fpeak of it, till I come to treat of the 

 Aids. 



By what has been faid of Corrections, it is apparent, 

 tliat the Horfeman works not only upon the Horfe's Under- 

 ftanding, but even upon his Senfe of Feeling. 



A HoRSE has three Senfes upon which we may work, 

 Hearing, Feeling and Seeing. The Touch is that Senfe, 

 by which we are enabled to make him very quick and deli- 

 cate, and when he is once brought to underftand the Aids 

 which operate upon this Senfe, he will be able to anfvver to 

 all that you can put him to. 



Though the Senfes of Hearing and Sight are good in 

 themfelves, they are yet apt to give a Horfe a Habit of 

 Working by Rote and of himfelf, which is bad and dan- 

 gerous. The Aids which are employed upon the Touch or 

 Feeling, are thofe of the Legs, of the Hand, and of the 

 Switch. Thofe which influence the Sight, proceed from 

 the Switch ; thofe which affed the Sight and Hearing both, 

 are derived from the Switch and the Horfeman's Tongue. 



The Switch ought neither to be long nor fliort, from 

 three to four Feet or thereabouts is a fufficlent Length ; you 

 can give your Aids more gracefully vi^ith a (hort than a 

 long one. In a Manage, it is generally held on the contrary 

 Hand to which the Horfe is going ; or elfe it is held up 

 high at every Change of Hand : By holding the Switch, tlic 

 Horfeman learns to carry his Sv/ord in his Hand with Eafe 



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