Butitwasbynomeansaneasyemployment;forinnothingwasColonelLloydmoreparticularthaninthemanagementofhishorses。Theslightestinat-
tentiontothesewasunpardonable，andwasvisiteduponthose，underwhosecaretheywereplaced，withtheseverestpunishment;noexcusecouldshieldthem，ifthecolonelonlysuspectedanywantofattentiontohishorses——asuppositionwhichhefre-
quentlyindulged，andonewhich，ofcourse，madetheofficeofoldandyoungBarneyaverytryingone。
Theyneverknewwhentheyweresafefrompunish-
ment。Theywerefrequentlywhippedwhenleastdeserving，andescapedwhippingwhenmostdeserv-