THE MIND OF THE HORSE 



him obedient to our feeble aids and punishments. 

 Upon this, i. e. upon the great effect of our weak 

 means of action upon his imagination, is based 

 the possibility of our power over him. 



The horse is usually observant and attentive to 

 everything, and remembers things well. He is par- 

 ticularly mindful of good treatment and bad, and 

 of all persons and objects which gave him pleasu- 

 rable sensations and disagreeable sensations or sen- 

 sations of fear, also of the circumstances and places 

 where he exj)erienced these feelings and which were 

 associated with them. 



His memory of persons, objects and of events 

 happening to him and giving him pleasurable sen- 

 sations, and of the places where they happened, 

 makes him hope that he may anew be given plea- 

 surable sensations on seeing again these persons, 

 objects, occurrences, places, and even on the occur- 

 rence of the slightest circumstance which reminds 

 him of these persons, objects, events and places. 



His memory of the persons, objects and places 

 which gave him disagreeable sensations or fear 

 makes him apprehend that he may again expe- 



