12 PRELIMINARY REMARKS. 



knows too well the nature of the animal before hiin, and for this 

 reason he keeps his eye constantly on the Lion to frustrate, 

 with his club or whip — which he invariably has with him — 

 any offensive move on the Lion's part. If the reader of this 

 book is of the opinion that those animals are controlled by 

 the eye of man, let hitn, the first opportunity that offers, visit a 

 menagerie, and ask permission of the keeper of the Lion's den 

 to enter the cage and try the experiment, and after having tried 

 the experiment, I feel satisfied that he will become thoroughly 

 convinced that his is a false idea. We know exactly how the 

 Lion and Elephant are tamed and trained, and what cruelties and 

 harsh measures are resorted to in their education, thereby 

 proving to the satisfaction of the author that the eye is not the 

 controlling power. 



THE FIVE SENSES OF THE HOUSE. 



The Horse has five senses— like the human being— feeling, 

 seeing, hearing, tasting and smelling. The strongest of these 

 five is the sense of feeling, and the part he feels with is the nose 

 or tip end of the upper lip. This is what he examines all his food 

 with, and in fact everything that he wants to understand, and by 

 this means he can understand the nature and character of it 

 better than by any other one of the senses. For instance, if a 

 horse is afraid of a buffalo robe, or an umbrella, blanket 

 or anything of that kind, when you throw it down in a 

 small lot and turn the horse in, he may see the article or smell it j 

 this alone will not suffice, until he goes up and touches it with his 

 nose. After doing this a few times he will become satisfied that it 

 is harmless and will not hurt him. Should a little breeze come up 

 and move the umbrella, blanket or robe, it will frighten him some 



