The taws, likewise, is a far less cruel instrument of torture than the cane, which was then unknown in that region.
And now the moderation which had at once followed upon the accident was confirmed.

Punishment became less frequent still, and where it was yet inflicted for certain kinds and degrees of offence, its administration was considerably less severe than formerly; till at length the boys said that the master never put on black stockings now, except when he was "oot o' white anes." Nor did the discipline of the school suffer in consequence.

If one wants to make a hard-mouthed horse more responsive to the rein, he must relax the pressure and friction of the bit, and make the horse feel that he has got to hold up his own head.

If the rider supports himself by the reins, the horse will pull.
But the marvel was to see how Andrew Truffey haunted and dogged the master.

He was as it were a conscious shadow to him.