106 THE POCKET AND THE STUD. 



if a hole of three inches square only is left in the 

 door, my life on it, look in at it, and the first 

 thing that will meet your eye, is that of the horse 

 looking out of it. If it is a half door his head 

 will never be away from it, unless while taking 

 his food ; and when looking out, he will, as much 

 as the dog, follow with his eye, and even head, 

 every object he sees pass near or at a distance. 

 He is not made to do this more than the dog; 

 consequently, we have every right to conclude, 

 that he finds amusement in doing it ; and of this 

 we totally deprive him by shutting him up in a 

 box. 



I always conceive a horse looks unhappy thus 

 shut out from the world. Look at him through 

 a key-hole, or in any way that he cannot see you, 

 there he will be found standing, his head drooping, 

 and looking, as I make no doubt but he is, melan- 

 choly and dejected. 



I am quite ready to allow that to be loose I 

 consider an advantage, a comfort, and also an 

 amusement to the horse, giving him the privilege, 

 if in a large box, of moving about ; and such a 

 home, I agree, is preferable to a stall, if the 

 animal can see his companions. But when he 

 cannot, I am sure the solitariness of a shut-in 

 box is much more than a set off against any 

 advantage it may otherwise hold out. 



I may be asked if I am not so strenuous as 



