THE CHILDREN’S GOLDEN LIBRARY – BLACK BEAUTY

Those who have never had a bit in their mouths cannot think how bad it feels; a great piece of cold hard steel as thick as a man’s finger to be pushed into one’s mouth, between one’s teeth, and over one’s tongue, with the ends coming out at the corner of your mouth and held fast there by straps over your head. ..o that no way in the world you can get rid of the nasty hard thing.