Go to the pasture and walk around the whole herd quietly, and at such a
distance as not to cause them to scare and run. Then approach them very
slowly, and if they stick up their heads and seem to be frightened, wait
until they become quiet, so as not to make them run before you are close
enough to drive them in the direction you want them to go. And when you
begin to drive, do not flourish your arms or halloo, but gently follow
them off, leaving the direction free for them that you wish them to
take. Thus taking advantage of their ignorance, you will be able to get
them into the pound as easily as the hunter drives the quails into his
net. For, if they have always run in the pasture uncared for (as many
horses do in prairie countries and on large plantations), there is no
reason why they should not be as wild as the sportsman’s birds, and
require the same gentle treatment, if you want to get them without
trouble; for the horse in his natural state, is as wild as any of the
undomesticated animals, though more easily tamed than the most of them.