22 THE MIND OF THE HOESE 



come under the action of his senses ; to the move- 

 ments he sees and ohserves around him which he 

 knows to have given him pleasure or pain and 

 which he therefore accounts for good or evil. 



Caresses usually give him pleasure, give rise 

 to the idea that we are giving him pleasure, that 

 we are friendly to him, and accordingly he is glad 

 to see us and is disposed to allow himself to be 

 guided by us. 



Bad treatment in the stable and outside calls 

 forth in him tlie idea of fear, of our being enemies, 

 of aversion, of fleeing from us, of opposing us, of 

 hatred, of injuring us. 



The memory of an act he has performed which 

 has been several times associated with another or 

 followed by another act recalls the latter to his 

 mind and gives him the idea of performing this 

 act again or that this act will occur again. On 

 seeing anyone take in hand the sieve in which 

 oats have already been given to him several times, 

 the sieve reminds him of the oats given to him 

 in it which he has eaten, and arouses in him the 

 idea of having them and that it is intended to 



