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Circumstances which diminish the horse's fear. 



In the company of a man in whom he has 

 confidence, and to whom he is obedient, he is 

 mnch less liable to experience fear, and is more 

 easily tranqnillised, becanse he believes that in 

 his compan}^ no harm will ever happen to him, 

 having already experienced during some time that 

 in his company no harm was done to him or has 

 happened to him. 



The varions circumstances and ways in which 

 objects are presented cause a lesser or greater de- 

 gree of fear. He is less afraid of a motionless 

 object than of one in motion, — less afraid when 

 standing still than when in motion, — in a place 

 familiar to him than in a place where he has ne- 

 ver been, — when he is tired than when he is 

 rested or when he is in excessive spirits, — of a 

 faint distant noise than of a powerful noise near 

 at hand, — after he has been guided round and 

 about a great deal, and has seen many and various 

 objects than when he has seen few only. Usually 



