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exceedingly sore, and there arc other indications of strain. 
I must almost except Bowers, who, whatever his feelings, 
went off as gaily as usual on the search for the balloon. 
Saw a very beautiful effect on my afternoon walk- 
yesterday : the full moon was shining brightly from a 
quarter exactly opposite to the fading twilight and the 
icebergs were lit on one side by the yellow lunar light and 
on the other by the paler white daylight. The first seemed 
to be gilded, while the diffused light of day gave to the 
other a deep, cold, greenish-blue colour — the contrast was 
strikingly beautiful. 
Friday, August II. — The long-expected blizzard came 
in the night ; it is still blowing hard with drift. 
Yesterday evening Oatcs gave his second lecture on 
* Horse Management.' He was brief and a good deal to 
the point. ' Not born but made * was his verdict on the 
good manager of animals. ' The horse has no reasoning 
power at all, but an excellent memory ' ; sights and sounds 
recall circumstances under which they were previously 
seen or heard. It is no use shouting at a horse : ten to one 
he will associate the noise with some form of trouble, and 
getting excited, will set out to make it. It is ridiculous 
for the rider of a bucking horse to shout 'Whoa!' — *I 
know/ said the Soldier, ' because I have done it.' Also 
it is to be remembered that loud talk to one horse may 
disturb other horses. The great thing is to be firm and 
quiet. 
A horse's memory, explained the Soldier, warns it of 
events to come. He gave instances of Hunters and race- 
horses which go off their feed and show great excitement 
