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or those of pleasure to the things we desire him to 

 do, so tliat he may he induced to do tliem, and 

 we shouhl uive had associations or tliose of disph^a- 

 sure and pain to those thinifs whicli he does and 

 we do not wish him to do, so that he maj' he in- 

 duced not to do them. 



In order to render it easy for us to teach and 

 for the horse to learn, we shouhl tirst and foremost 

 give liiin (io(kJ associations with ourselves in relation 

 to him hx treating him well, so as tt» dispose him 

 to give us his attention and so that his will may 

 he hrought to do what we desire, and we should 

 avoid tn'ating him hudhf so that he should not 

 take a dislike to us and hate us and become op- 

 posed to us, and revolt against us. 



If we treat him well, if we caress him, if we 

 give him something to eat Avhicli he likes, we in 

 his mind avSS<K'iate with our person the idea of being 

 a benefit to him, he learns not to fear us, to re- 

 main with us willingly, he acquires confidence in 

 us and becomes disposed to obey us. 



If we illtreat him, we associate in his mind 

 Avitli our person an idea of evil to him, we give 



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