Which of the foregoing engravings looks most at ease? Does not the fashionable horse appear suffering constraint and torture? The face is disguised and concealed by the harness; but enough is left visible to suggest the agony compulsion inflicts. "Pride," says the proverb, "has no feeling." Therefore, no expectation is formed of any appeal to the fashionable circles; but by the ignorance of the public is this barbarity licensed. Were the mass properly informed, the hooting of the populace would soon drive fashion into a more humane usage. [Illustration: THE HEALTHY LARYNX. 1. The thyro-hyordeus muscle. 2. The crico-thyroideus muscle. 3. The arytenoideus muscle. 4. The crico-arytenoideus posticus muscle. _a. a._ The thyroid bone. A. The epiglottis (a cartilage.) B. The arytenoid cartilages. C. The thyroid cartilage. D. The cricoid cartilage. E. E. E. The commencement of the trachea. ] [Illustration: THE EFFECT PRODUCED BY THE BEARING-REIN. _a._ The healthy arytenoideus muscle. _b._ The healthy crico-artenoideus posticus muscle. A. The arytenoideus muscle paralyzed and partially absorbed by the constant use of the bearing-rein. B. The crico-arytenoideus posticus muscle rendered pallid, and deprived of power by the use of the bearing-rein. ] The left engraving represents the larynx in a state of health. The larynx is the most sensitive organ in the body. If a crumb of bread, a particle of salt, or a drop of water "go the wrong way," or enter the larynx, everybody has felt the convulsive coughing that immediately ensues. Yet this larynx, so exquisitively sensitive, and so resentful of the lightest touch, is forced out of place and shape by the adoption of the bearing-rein. The whole weight of the head is made to press against the larynx; the action of the part is stopped; certain muscles are thrown out of use. Now, doom a part to constant rest, and paralysis soon results. This is exactly what follows the often long stoppage of that freedom which is necessary to the health of any structure. Certain of the muscles are absorbed; they lose their bulk and part with their color; their function is destroyed: the consequence is, the horse becomes a confirmed and an incurable roarer.