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situation he was observed by my friend and his host 

 to go to the horse in the paddock, and seemed at once 

 to make him aware of his distress. The horse gently 

 put his nose down to the dog, and the dog having 

 licked it, lifted up the leg to which the snare was 

 attached in a manner which could not be mistaken. 

 The horse immediately began to try to disengage the 

 snare, by applying his teeth to it in a gentle and 

 cautious manner, although he was unable to succeed 

 in removing it. This is by no means a solitary in- 

 stance of the sympathy which animals show for each 

 other when in distress." 



Man may fully avail himself of this amiable dispo- 

 sition of the horse ; it is rarely the latter's fault if he 

 and his owner are not on the best possible terms. How 

 often has the horse been found grazing by the side of 

 his drunken prostrate master, whom he would not 

 leave. " We have seen," says Mr. Elaine, " a child of 

 five years old purposely sent by the wife of the coach- 

 man to quiet an unruly and noisy coach-horse, for to 

 no other person would he yield such obedience ; but 

 a pat from her tiny hand, or her infantile inquiry 

 ' What is the matter with you ?' was sufficient to allay 

 every obstreperous symptom. But it was to her only 

 he yielded such submission, for otherwise he was a 

 high-spirited and really intractable animal. Often 



