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preference to the second-floor mndow, and habituate 

 him to do this, it is not necessary to make him try 

 the latter experiment at the risk of his neck to induce 

 him to use the more common and easy mode of exit. 

 We teach him the most convenient way out, and, 

 having learnt this, depend on it he will adopt it. So 

 we teach the horse to do what he would find he 

 must do, if his powers had failed ; and, it being the 

 easiest and safest mode of taking large fences, he 

 from habit has recourse to it before necessity com- 

 pels him to do so from distress." 



"I am answered," replied the pupil; "but do 

 you think that in your private tuition you could have 

 all the fences prepared ready, that a horse might 

 encounter when crossing a country." 



" I certainly could not muster each individual 

 fence that he may be destined to meet with during 

 his life, or, at all events, his hunting career ; but, 

 mutatis mutandis, all he could reasonably be expected 

 to meet with would so much resemble those I should 

 accustom him to take, that they could all be done in 

 the same manner. Brooks so closely resemble each 



