22 THE MIND OF THE HOKSE 



come under the action of liis senses; to the move- 

 ments he sees and observes aronnd liim Mliicli he 

 knows to have i»iven him pleasure or pain and 

 which he therefore accounts for i>ood or evil. 



Caresses usually give him i)leasure, give rise 

 to the idea that we are giving him pleasure, that 

 Av e are friendly to him, and acc(n"dingly he is glad 

 to see us and is disj)osed to alloAv himself to be 

 guided by us. 



Bad treatment in the stable and outside calls 

 forth in him the idea of fear, of our being enemies, 

 of aversion, of tleeing from us, of opposing us, of 

 hatred, of injuring us. 



The memory of an act he has performed which 

 has been several times associated with another or 

 folloAved by another act recalls the latter to his 

 mind and gives liim the idea of perfcn'ming this 

 act again or that this act will occur again. On 

 seeing anyone take in hand the sieve in which 

 oats have already been given to him several times, 

 the sieve reminds him of the oats given to liim 

 in it Avhich he has eaten, and arouses in liim the 

 idea of having them and that it is intended to 



