24 OPINION OF HORSEMEN. 



use of his nose, or muzzle (as it is sometimes called), 

 as we would of our hands; because it is the only 

 organ by which he can touch or feel anything with 

 much susceptibility. 



I believe that he invariably makes use of the four 

 senses, seeing, hearing, smelling, and feeling, in all 

 of his examinations, of which the sense of feeling is, 

 perhaps, the most important. And I think that, in 

 the experiment with the robe, his gradual approach 

 and final touch with his nose was as much for the 

 purpose of feeling as anything else, his sense of smell 

 being so keen that it would not be necessary for him 

 to touch his nose against anything in order to get 

 the proper scent; for it is said that a horse can 

 smell a man at the distance of a mile. And if the 

 scent of the robe was all that was necessary he could 

 get that several rods off. But we know from expe- 

 rience, that if a horse sees and smells a robe a short 

 distance from him he is very much frightened (unless 

 he is used to it) until he touches or feels it with his 

 nose; which is a positive proof that feeling is the 

 controlling sense in this case. 



PREVAILING OPINION OF HORSEMEN. 



It is a prevailing opinion among horsemen gene- 

 rally that the sense of smell is the governing sense of 

 the horse. " And Faucher, as well as others, has 

 with that view got up receipts of strong smelling oils, 

 &c., to tame the horse, sometimes using the ehesnut 



