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which it has traversed a few hours before, with less risk of 

 blundering than an ordinary driver. Some well-endowed 

 animals can remember as many as a dozen turnings in a path 

 over which they have journeyed three or four times. It 

 seems almost certain that their guidance in these movements 

 is not at all effected by the sense of smell, but is due to a 

 distinct memory of the detailed features of the country. 



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Belgian Fisherman's Horse 



Good as is the horse's memory, it is difficult to organize 

 its actions on that basis. Only in rare cases and with much 

 labor can he be taught to execute movements that are at all 

 complicated. Fire-engine horses may be trained of their own 

 will to step into the position where they are to be attached to 

 the carriage. Some artillery horses will, as I have noticed, 

 associate the sound of the bugle with the resulting move- 

 ments of the guns and take the appropriate positions, where 

 they may be out of danger in the rapid swinging of the 



