24 NATURE STUDY LESSONS FOR PRIMARY GRADES 



from observation.] The purpose is to show how the 

 pulling is mostly done by the breast and shoulders. 

 In the same way children sometimes, in drawing a 

 loaded hand sled, have a rope fastened to the 

 two sides of the round in front ; this they put over 

 their shoulders so that the weight rests there. Any 

 who have never drawn sleds in this way are shown 

 how. Do horses get tired traveling all day when the 

 load is light? (Yes, if driven fast.) How do they 

 show that they are tired? (Go slowly.) Then what 

 does the driver often do? (Whip them to make 

 them go faster.) And what do the horses do? (Go 

 faster. They have to do as the driver wishes, and if 

 he does not care for his team they will often have a 

 hard time.) How do horses show that they have 

 been driven too rapidly? (They are covered with 

 sweat, even in cold weather, and they breathe fast, 

 the breath coming from their great nostrils in clouds.) 

 What care should they receive at the end of their 

 journey when they have been so overdriven? (They 

 should be wiped dry with a cloth, then covered with 

 a blanket. They should not be given much water to 

 drink at first, although they are thirsty, but should 

 wait until they are cooled off.) 



How else besides to draw heavy loads and take 



