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stand how they must be taught those things which 

 it is desired they should learn. 



Their mental character is narrated in the pre- 

 ceding chapter, and how they learn is explained 

 in this. 



How the horse learns. 



Everyone has learnt that after the lightning 

 comes the thunder, because with the idea of light- 

 ning he has associated the idea of the thunder, 

 which immediately followed the lightning. It is in 

 this way, by means of the association of the idea 

 ! of one thing, which is called forth in him by a 

 i sensation, with another idea, called forth in him 

 by another sensation, that the horse and all other 

 i animals learn. The idea of thtinder was associated 

 s' with the idea of lightning. The idea of the thunder 

 I' is the idea learnt, and the idea of the lightning 

 ii is that which has taught the idea of the thunder. 

 |l Horses do not understand words, but they un- 

 f. derstand the sound of the words which has been 

 (I, repeatedly associated with the movements they were 



