9162. When a man shall give to his companion an ass, or an ox, or one of the small cattle, or any beast, to take care of. That this signifies truth and good exterior and interior, and everything that belongs to the affection of them in the memory, is evident from the signification of “an ass, an ox, and one of the small cattle,” as being truth exterior and interior (see above, n. 9135); from the signification of a “beast,” as being the affection of good and truth (n. 45, 46, 142, 143, 246, 714-716, 719, 1823, 2179, 2180, 2781, 3218, 3519, 5198, 7424, 7523, 9090); and from the signification of “giving to take care of,” as being to be stored up and kept in the memory (of which above, n. 9149). (That “a man” and “his companion” are not one and another, but two in one, see n. 9149)