now THE HORSE LEARNS 



happens around liiin, and well remembers the im- 

 pressions and associations lie experienced from them 

 proportionately to the de.i*^ree of their intensity. He 

 remembers particularly well those places, those oc- 

 currences, those tilings and those circumstances, 

 Avitli which were associated objects or facts from 

 which he experienced good or evil, or which gave 

 him the sentiment of fear, as it is his instinct to 

 seek pleasure and tlee pain and ilee that which 

 inspires him with fear, and these things make the 

 greatest impression on him. 



He remembers the road that leads homewards, 

 i. e. to his stable, and for this reason he goes more 

 willingly on returning than on leaving home. The 

 post horse goes straight along his road and pays 

 little attention to the things that he sees because 

 he knows that his road leads to his stable and is 

 intent on running in order to arrive at the stable ; 

 he is less susceptible to fear on his own road than 

 on another which he does not knoAV. 



If he has been caressed and had oats given him 

 in any place, he returns to it very aa illingly as he 

 expects to receive these things ancAV. If after haA'ing 



