&0 The Horse Farrier. 



of his nature, he will do anything that he fully com- 

 prehends without making any offer of resistance. 



Second — The fact of the horse being unconscious of 

 the amount of his strength, can be proven to the sat- 

 isfaction of any one. For instance, such remarks as 

 these are common, and perhaps familiar to your re- 

 collection. One person says to another, " If that wild 

 horse there was conscious of the amount of his strength, 

 his owner would have no business with him in that 

 vehicle — such light reins and harness, too : if he knew, 

 he could snap them asunder in a minute, and be as 

 free as the air we breathe ; " and " that horse yonder, 

 that is pawing and fretting to follow the company that 

 is fast leaving him, if he knew his strength, he would 

 not remain long fastened to that hitching-post, so much 

 against his will, by a light rein, that would no more 

 resist his powerful weight and strength, than a cotton 

 thread would bind a strong man." 



Third — He will allow any object, however frightful 

 in appearance, to come around, over or on him, that 

 does not inflict pain. 



We know, from a natural course of reasoning, that 

 there has never been an effect without a cause : and we 

 infer from this that there can be no action, either in 

 animate or inanimate matter, without there first being 

 some cause to produce it. And from this self-evident 

 fact, we know there is some cause for every impulse 

 or movement, of either mind or matter. Then, accord- 

 ing to this theory, there must be some cause before 

 fear can exist ; and if fear exists from the effect of im- 

 agination, and not from the infliction of real pain, it 

 cannot be removed by complying with those laws of 



