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attended with great rifks and labour, which 
continued a long time ; and the frultleffnefs 
of thefe attempts occafioned me daily fits of 
impatience. My people, poiTeffing more calm- 
nefs of temper, were not fo eafily rebuffed ; 
and they affured me, if I would leave the mat- 
ter to their management, they w^ould not fail 
to accomplilh their purpofe. But the lefTons 
they gave were fo fevere, that I could not 
witnefs them without extreme pain. Accord- 
ing to them, thefe poor animals were too old 
to fubmit quietly to the yoke, and there was 
no hope of bending them to it but by dint of 
blows. 
It is true, there were flill five of my former 
ones remaining, which were yoked with the 
new ones, that they might be broken in by 
their example. But before thefe even would 
fubmit to w^ork, they received from my people 
a good beating with the fchabouck; and this 
corredion was fo often repeated, that I found 
myfelf abfolutely incapable of enduring the 
fpectacle. Accordingly, whenever the leffon 
began, I took my gun, and rambled fo a dif- 
tance, thereby to be out of fight and hearing 
of it. 'i* 
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