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gination of the horse. The degree of intensity of 

 the impression depends on the greater or lesser 

 susceptibility of his mental nature. In general his 

 excitability, his all magnifying imagination and 

 his timidity which makes him nervous at every- 

 thing, inspire him with fear of all objects whatso- 

 ever. He is afraid of every object new to him 

 which he has never seen, of the places where he 

 has never been, of stones on the ground, white, 

 black or red, of water puddles, sheets or coverlets 

 stretched on ropes in the air or on the ground, of 

 sacks, of leaves falling from the trees, of paper 

 rolled bv the wind, of reeds or shrubs bent and 

 swayed by the wind, of smoke, of fire, of light- 

 ning, of falling water &c., &c. He is afraid of 

 objects that he sees suddenly whether they really 

 appear abruptly, or whether he sees them suddenly 

 on turning his head to one side. 



He is afraid if we run up to him, if we stretch 

 our arm quickly, instead of going up to him slowly 

 and raising the arm gradually; if he sees anyone 

 run or throw objects; if he sees a cask or barrel 

 rolling; if he hears the noise of firing, thunder 



