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him. TliTis if he is prevented from going to eat 

 the hay he sees close by, although he experiences 

 the desire to go and eat it, there arises in him 

 the idea that our strength which prevents him from 

 doing so is superior to his. It is the same with 

 our preventing him from going to the stable, from 

 following other horses. 



A good means of showing him our superiority 

 is likewise our stimulating by aids, threats and 

 punishments, his excitability to motion, and for- 

 cing him to put himself in motion in spite of his 

 opposed desire not to move. This excitability of 

 his is the chief means of compelling him to ad- 

 vance, to perform the actions we desire to put him 

 througii, and of enabling us to collect him. 



Special means of showinfj the liorse our siq)eriority 

 and how to employ them. 



The instruction Avitli the louuge is the best 

 suited to teacli obedience. Special means of show- 

 ing him our superiority are: — the aids and pu- 



