324 GENEEAL TREATMENT. 



The proper treatment of subject animals requires in par- 

 ticular that man should be well informed of the disposition, 

 character, and habits of the individual pupil. In other 

 words, just as a schoolmaster, in order to the benefit of 

 each of his pupils, must make himself acquainted with, and 

 make due allowance or provision for, their separate and 

 special individualities, so must the trainer or custodier of 

 an animal which is to be a servant or a pet, in order to its 

 greatest usefulness and happiness in either capacity, first 

 make a study of the individuality of his charge. His treat- 

 ment should be appropriate to the individual, and to the 

 varying conditions or surroundings of the individual. It 

 should both be well-timed and properly applied. 



A good master should have sympathy with the animals in 

 his possession or keep. He should have perfect control over 

 his own temper, and he should possess the patience and for- 

 bearance, the good sense and good feeling requisite to make 

 all allowance for the disadvantages under which his subject 

 creatures labour. There should be in him a due combination 

 of gentleness and firmness, just as in the treatment of the 

 child. Man, as a master, behoves to be not only sympa 

 thising, compassionate, merciful, and slow to anger, but he 

 must also be just ; he must himself set a good example, 

 for lower as well as higher animals, live 



Eseemplo plus quam ration e. 



A mutual understanding must be established between 

 master and servant, in such cases as the dog, horse, and 

 elephant ; they must be on good terms with each other, 

 stand in amicable relationship, entertain mutual confidence 

 and respect. Loss of temper on either side, in proportion to 

 its frequency and severity, becomes destructive of comfort 

 if not also of safety, in the mutual relationship, for instance, 

 of the horse and his rider. Reciprocity of affection and 

 attentions between man and other animals influences bene- 

 ficially the character of both. 



Errors of, or in, kindness on man's part there may be, and 

 frequently are. 



An urijust supremacy is not unfrequently bestowed by man 



