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puts him knee-deep in straw, or on a good 

 thick bed of saw-dust, and then imagines 

 his horse is happy. He gives him the best 

 of oats, and hay, and water, and would 

 give him fried oysters and chicken salad if 

 the horse would eat it, simply because 

 he likes such things himself. 



Now he shuts his horse up in this way 

 to keep him warm and comfortable. He 

 believes his horse should be kept warm 

 because he himself needs warmth. He 

 quite ignores the fact that he does not try 

 to keep his own apartments warm by sim- 

 ply closing the doors and windows, but 

 uses stoves and heaters to keep the tem- 

 perature comfortably warm, letting in fresh 

 air from without. He knows that he would 

 be injured if the air became foul and close. 



