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mcxn, and know that Crys and Threats are ufelefs.— The 

 Senfe of hearing can ferve at the moft only to confound and 

 furprize a Horfe, and you will never give him Exadnefs and 

 Seniibihty by furprizing him. — The fame may be faid of 

 the Sight ; whatever flrikes this Senfc, operates likewifc upon 

 the Memory, and this Method feldom produces a good Ef- 

 fecl ; for you^ ought to know how important it is to vary 

 the Order of your Leflbns, and the Places where you give 

 them ; fmce it is certain, that a Horfe who is always work'd' 

 in the fame Place, vv^orks by rote, and attends no longer 

 tx> the Aids of the Hand and Heels. — It is the fame with 

 hot and angry Horfes, whofe Memory is fo ex:i6t, and who 

 are fo ready to be diforder'd and put out of Humour, that 

 if the. leaft thing comes in their Way during thtir Leffon, 

 they no longer think of what they were about : The way of 

 dealing with thefe Horfes, is to work them v/ith Limettcs > n 

 their Eyes ; but it muft be remembered, that this Method 

 would be dangerous with Horles which are very impatient, 

 hot, and averfe to all Subjedion, and fo fenfible to the Aids, 

 as to grow dcfperate to fuch a degree, as to break through 

 all Reftraint, and run away headlong ; it is therefore unfife 

 with thefe Horfes, becaufe they could not be more blinded 

 even with the Lunettes, than they are when poiTcfied with 

 this Madnefs, which fo blinds them, that they no longer fear 

 the moft apparent Dangers. 



Having faid thus much of the Aids which operate upom 

 the Touch, Hearing and Sight, we muft now confine our- 

 felves to difcourfc upon thofe, which regard the Touch 

 only ; for as ic has been already faid,. thefe only are the Aids 



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