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snaffle is of excellent use ; but for such as bore and 

 keep their heads low, a common one is preferable ; 

 though any horse's head indeed may be kept up also 

 with a running one, by the rider's keeping his hands 

 very high and forwards : but whenever either is used 

 alone without a bridle upon horses that carry their 

 heads low and that bore, it must be sawed about 

 from one side to the other. 



Tliis lesson of the epauJe en dedans should be 

 taught to such people as are likely to become useful 

 In helping to teach men and to break horses ; and 

 the more of such that can be found the better ; none 

 others should ever be suffered vipon any occasion to 

 let their horses look any way besides the way they 

 are going. But all horses whatever, as likewise all 

 men who are designed for the teaching others, must 

 go thoroughly and perfectly through this excellent 

 lesson, under the direction of intelligent instructors, 

 and often practise it too afterwards ; and when that 

 is done, proceed to and be finished by the lessons of 

 head and tail to the wall. 



114. The Head to the Wall and the Croup 

 to the Wall. 



This lesson should be practised immediately after 

 that of the epaide en dedans, in order to place the 

 horse pi'operly the way he goes, &c. The difference 

 between tlie head to the v/all and the croup to the 

 wall consists in this ; in the former, the fore-parts 

 are more rem.ote from the centre, and go over more 

 ground ; in the latter, the hinder parts are more 

 remote from the centre, and consequently go over 

 more ground : in both, as likewise in all other les- 

 sons, the shoulders must go first. In riding-horses, 

 the head to the wall is the easier lesson of the two 

 at first, the line to be worked upon being marked 

 by the wall not far from his head. 



The motion of the legs to the right, is the same 

 as that of the epaide en dedans to the left, and s© 



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