282 FEAR 



to facilitate overcoming his fear, and then the men 

 at the side are dispensed with, the man with the 

 middle lounge remaining alone. 



The lesser or greater fear he experiences of any 

 object, and his lesser or greater readiness in allow- 

 ing his fear to be dispelled depends upon the 

 degree of confidence and trust and the sense of 

 obedience felt by the horse towards the man lead- 

 ing him or at his side or in front of him, and 

 towards the other men who hold him on both sides, 

 and also according as he is more or less nervous. 

 It need not be said that in order to dispel his fear 

 a place must not be chosen with ditches or other 

 dangers near it into which he may go on his re- 

 ceding or swerving to one side. Then he would 

 attribute the evil of having run into the ditch to 

 the train or other objects coming or passing in 

 front of him, and would be so much the more 

 afraid of it. 



Whether he draws back more or less depends 

 on the greater or lesser proximity of the point at 

 which he is placed to view the passing train or 

 to hear the discharges or the noise of other ma- 



