Affection for Animals, Not for Man 33 



but as an evidence of apprehension, a token of un- 

 easiness at the impending storm, the hovering 

 coyotes or other dangers ; nor will he thus seek his 

 master unless he is absolutely alone; if others of his 

 kind are in company with him, the proprietor finds 

 that his only means of security from straying or 

 disappearing altogether is assured by the use of 

 strong hobbles, and short-coupled at that. Alack 

 for the theorist who would turn his steed loose, 

 unfettered of limb, and expect always to find him 

 again, even had theirs been the close companionship 

 of years ! 



A horse will not seek his master in the field save 

 for selfish ends; nor will he select him from among 

 several others, if they all use the same sounds and 

 gestures ; and he advances as readily at a call mean- 

 ing "Go away!" as "Come here!" provided the 

 sounds and intonation be similar. He knows no 

 one by sight, although his sense of smell has seemed 

 sometimes to aid him ; but even so. it was some 

 familiar and perhaps unconscious gesture, action, 

 or manner that aided his efforts at identification, 



