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  1,helie;ve, that he invariably nxakes use of the four senses, see-
ing, hearingjigmelling and feeling,, in ll 'of hiis examinations, of
which the sense of feeling is, pcrha)s, the most important. And I
think that in the experiment with the robe, his gradual approach
and final touch with his nose. was as mnuch fhr the put-pose ol feel-
ing. as anything else, hi'r sense of smell being- so keen, that it
would not be necessary for himn to touch his nose agfain-st arpy-
thing i5 arden to get the proper scent; tor it is said that a horse
can smell a maln the distan(ce of a ivile. Anfi, it the scent of
the robe was all that was necessary, hle could get that several
rods off. But, we know from experience, that .f a horse sees
and smells a robe a short distance tronm hitn, hie is very much
frightened, (unless lie is used to it,) until he toluches or feels it
with hiS nose; which ts a positive proof that feeling is the con-
trolling sense in vhis caw.



                Prevailiig Opinion of Horsemen.
  It is a prevailing opinion amcong horsemen generally, that the
sense ofsinell is thegoverning sense (f the horse. And Fauicher,
as weJl as vtherrs, have, with that view, got up receipts of strong
smelling oils, etc., to tame hlie horse, somnetimes using the ches-
nut of his le-g, which thiey dry, grind into powder and blow into
his notrils.  Sometimes using the oil of 'rhodium, organnurin,
etc. tlua nre n-oted for their stong smell. And sometimes they
scent tte Hands- wific the swLat from unwder the arm, or blow
their breaith into his nostiils, etc., etc.  All of which, as far as
the scent goes, have no effect whc:,tever in greutting the hf rse, or
converinlg any idea to His mind ; thovAh the works that ac-
cornlanvyihese-effO;tms-tc4andliftfr hini, touching him  abont the
nose-aln head, ani patting himl. as thev direct you should, arter
administeifltng the articles, may hlnve a very gyreat effect, which
they, mistiake to he the (fllect of the inprediants lsedf.  And
Fawiehcrli in hi; work entitledl,  rhe Ar.liian art of taming
11(srses,," pnte 17, tells ui; how to accnstomn a horse to a robe,
by admt-iinistowing cortain nrticles to his nose ; and goes on to say',
that these articles nist first he applied to the hoi sesr nose before
youl attempt to bretak him, in order to operate sucegssthlly.
   Now, reader , can yu, or iny [ie elase: .ive one single reason
how tV-ent can c tnivev anY idea to the horse's mind of' what we
want him    inodo  if nwt,.tlhen oih cotrse strong, seents of nny
kind aire oft no account in taingin  then unbroken honroe. For
every thingnr that we gt hinti to l, of his own accord, wvitlhout
force, mnst1 be o0(cor ijl i lbedl by cotmne nutniis of conve itmg onr
ideas to ht, li minsd. 1 ;ilv to my hrr  ' go'  !" nn(l lie goes;
 ho!" and he stops: because these two Nvordors, (f which he has