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and put an elevated trough, charged with favorite provender, in front 
of the horse. Let it be watched till a week from the date of the injury 
has expired, and never left during that period even for an instant. If 
any restlessness is exhibited, the attendant should approach and caress 
the creature. Quadrupeds—though none comprehend the precise mean- 
ing of the language—love to be praised. The hand, fondly applied to 
the skin, and the human voice, modulated by kindness, seem to convey a 
purport to animals which they will suffer pain to deserve. The writer 
lately had a favorite dog, whose aversion was dry bread. It would hold 
the detested morsel in its mouth for hours, looking most uncomfortable, 
but making no attempt at mastication. Yet, upon praise being lavished, 
the eye would brighten, and, rather than prove unworthy of so much 
commendation, the hardest and stalest crust would be chewed and swal- 
lowed. 
Watching is necessary, because many horses when thus imprisoned, 
being left alone, grow terrified and injure themselves by struggling their 
bodies out of the slings. The presence of any human being assures 
the timidity and checks the active imagination of a solitary animal. The 
author well knows that the learning of the present time denies imagina- 
tion to animals. Shying, is only the creature imagining something 
which is not actually before it. What are dreams but positive evidences 
of imagination? All people 
have heard the suppressed 
bark and seen the excited 
limbs of the dog as it slept 
upon the hearth rug. How 
many grooms have _ been 
surprised, upon their ear- 
liest visit, to see the stable 
knocked to pieces and the 
horse prostrated amid the 
ruin it has created! How is 
this to be explained if imag- 
ination be not present in the 
animal? This is the author’s 
interpretation of the mystery. 
Dreams are active, in pro- : 
portion to the immaturity of A HORSE IN SLINGS FOR OPEN JOINT. 
the reason. Children often 
wake up in tears, and continue screaming in terror for long periods if 
unattended to. The horse starts out of a fearful vision; darkness is 
about it; the fear augments; the animal begins kicking; the sound 
