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dangerous to her, she was ready at his command 

 to lie down on her horse's back and to raise her- 

 self again and again, and, after doing this a few 

 times, and bending alternately to the right and 

 to the left, the saddle seemed quite homelike, 

 and to remain in it sitting upright was very 

 easy for a few moments. 



Only for a few moments, however, for the 

 necessity of paying attention still remained, 

 as it does with you, and again she stiffened 

 herself, as you are doing now. 



As Mr. Mead very justly says, in his " Horse- 

 manship for Women," a lesson may be learned 

 from a bag of grain set up on horseback, which 

 is, that while the lower part of your body should 

 settle itself almost lazily in place, the upper 

 part, which is comparatively light, should sway 

 slightly but easily with the horse's motion. 



Manage to ride behind the girl who was 

 teaching herself to do pirouettes the other day. 

 Her horse is walking rapidly, and you could 

 almost fancy that her prettily squared shoulders 

 were part of him, so sympathetically do they 

 respond to each step, but if you should let your 

 horse straggle against hers and frighten him, 



