THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 197 



"I have seen Huano retailed by the peck and 

 half peck at Callao, but never saw the mode of 

 planting-, only heard it described, and you ob- 

 serve how little they apply to the ground. The 

 ship Orpheus, Captain Hill, is to load with four 

 hundred tons of Peruvian Huano, which is 



shipped by a company to the United States ; it 

 is better than the Chilian Huano ; this will give 

 you an opportunity to try its effects; for you 

 can easily procure, it by vessels coming to 

 Charleston. 



Yours, &c. E. L. S." 



THE PATENT SAFETY REIN. 



We alluded in a former number to Miller's 

 Safety Rein, of which we expressed a high opi- 

 nion merely from the description given of it. — 

 Since that time, we have procured one of them, 

 probably the only one in America, and a trial of 

 its properties has served to confirm the opinion 

 formerly expressed that it is calculated lo super- 

 sede all other contrivances for governing an un- 

 ruly horse. 



The cut, which is taken from the " Spirit of 

 the Times," is an exact delineation of the fix- 

 ture, and hardly needs description. The rein is 

 attached to the headstall, between the ears. Em- 

 bracing the neck is a strong cord, C, terminat- 

 ing in two loops, or swivels, through which the 

 reins are passed. When the rein is tightened, 

 this cord moving freely upon it, settles upon the 

 projecting part of the windpipe, where its pres- 

 sure exercises a very salutary and controlling 

 influence over the operations of the horse. We 

 shall be happy to lend our rein, as a model, to 

 any gentleman who may desire it, and we can 

 recommend to him a saddler in this city, who 

 can get up the apparatus as well and as cheaply 



as any man in America. The following com- 

 munication accompanies the cut in the "Spirit 

 of the Times." 



Dear P. — You will, perhaps, deem worthy 

 of a place in the "Spirit of the Times" the ac- 

 companying diagram of the " safety rein" bridle, 

 and direction for its application to runaway and 

 restive horses. For my own part i have bought, 

 hired, borrowed and ridden horses under a cau- 

 tion lo "mind, he's a devil of a runaway !" but 

 have rarely found one that could run fast enough 

 and long enough. J. S. S. 



Washington, July 3, 1844. 



J. S. Skinner, Esq. 



Dear Sir, — According to your desire I send 

 enclosed the drawing and paper description of 

 the Scotch Safety Rein, 11 for the control of horses, 

 under all circumstances ," which I received from 

 Edinburgh a few weeks since. I hope you will, 

 as you intimated tome your wish, communicate 

 the knowledge of this simple, but, in my esti- 

 mation, most valuable invention, to the Editor 

 of the "Spirit of the Times," in order that it 

 may be at once known to those who will duly 

 appreciate its value ; but a man must have been 



