28 THE MIND OF THE HORSE 



appears to him to be or wliicli he believes to be 

 superior. Our power appears to him superior owing 

 to the effect of his imagination and to the way in 

 Avliich we emphn our power so as to make him 

 believe it superior and to deceive him. 



Whenever he desires to perform or performs an 

 action there is the reason that his instinct impels 

 him to do it or that he remembers having done 

 it or having been able to do it once before, or else 

 because sensations awakened in liim by the outside 

 M (^rld give rii=ie in him to ideas connected with his 

 instincts and the latter prompt him to perform or 

 not to perform one action or another according to 

 the nature of the action, i. e. according to whether 

 pleasure is promised him or pain is foreseen from 

 its performance. 



The fact of finding himself at liberty excites 

 liim to jump and run, the sight of others running 

 excites him to run, the sight of an object which 

 gives him fear impels him to turn aside, draw 

 back and fiee, the sight of other horses excites him 

 to run to them as their company gives him plea- 

 sure. Motion or passage from one place to another 



