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advantageous for lasso draught ; it can do no harm, 

 moreover, unless it be too tight, which is generally the 

 result of cavalry commanding officers being as pedantic 

 about the rosette attached to it being at the same height 

 throughout their front, as infantry ones are about the 

 mess-tins being mathematically correct on the tops of 

 the knapsacks. 



