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pre-eminently^ an outdoor animal. In his 

 wild state he is never housed. Night and 

 day he is in the open air. Rain or shine, 

 cold or hot, in storms of all degrees, 

 he has no protection. He never creeps 

 into caves for shelter, like the bear ; nor 

 does he burrow, like the rat or beaver. 

 He is not a nest builder, nor a nest seeker. 

 He stays in the open, seeking the lee side 

 of a hill, or thicket, perhaps, and herding 

 together to find protection. His instincts 

 keep him from going i7ito thickets for cover 

 to avoid the attacks of carnivora. He 

 seeks safety by flight, and therefore pre- 

 fers the open plain. 



If we notice the things around and 

 about us, we must see that the horse 

 never suffers from cold as man suffers 

 from it. 



