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complete, and only at the word of command, did he 

 proceed with his usual alacrity. 



Another instance of sagacity is thus given by Cun- 

 ningham, in his account of New South Wales. " A 

 friend of mine, in the habit of riding a good deal, found 

 that whenever he approached a gully, his horse invariably 

 opposed his wishes to cross at the particular spot he had 

 been accustomed to, always endeavouring to lead off to 

 another part of the gully, where no passage was known 

 to exist by his rider. Resolving to see whither the 

 cunning rogue would go, he gave him the rein, and 

 soon found himself carried over the gully, by a route he 

 had never before followed. Still, however, thinking 

 that the former way was nearest, he was curious enough 

 to have both measured, when he found the horse's 

 judgment correct ; that way being nearest by several 

 hundred yards." 



The exercise of memory is sometimes as remarkable 

 as this operation of judgment. " A friend of ours," 

 says the author of a valuable volume, entitled " The 

 Horse," " rode thirty miles from home on a young 

 horse which he had bred, and which had never before 

 been in that part of the country. The road was difficult 

 to find, but by dint of inquiry, he at length reached the 

 place he sought. Two years passed over, and he had 



