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sense of hearing, and that of seeing, liave, in 

 many respects, a very different influence upon the 

 human species to what they liave upon animals. 

 Animals, in general, are almost or quite insensible 

 to that pleasure, which the human species enjoy, 

 in contemplating beautiful or magnificent objects, 

 though they frequently express great fear at others. 

 They experience the same sensation of fear at sud- 

 den or disagreeable sounds, whilst they appear al- 

 most insensible to soft and melodious ones. The 

 sense of feeling, in horses, seems to be as exquisite 

 as in men ; and in some cases, more so. A horse 

 feels a lively pain at the stroke of a whip, or the 

 prick of a join. He feels a pleasure in being curried, 

 rubbed and handled. It is well known, that an ob- 

 ject that frightens a horse, at first sight, will become 

 familiar to him in a short time — even in a few min- 

 utes. The same may be said of those sounds 

 which frighten him at first : such as the explosion 

 of a gun or cannon ; to all of which he soon be- 

 comes familiar, provided they are not accompanied 

 with any thing that operates upon the sense of feel- 

 ing; but he will never become familiar to the 

 crack of a whip, so as not to be afraid of it, if he 

 has been accustomed to experience its effects, when 

 vigorously applied to his back. To conclude: 

 Take away Fear — Inspire Confidence — Fami- 

 liarize. 



