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nience, so particularly explained in 138, and 

 tlie following pages. 



Proper attention should be paid to tlie form 

 of the saddle and the state of its stuffing, to 

 prevent even the possibility of the tree com- 

 ing into injurious contact with the ivither ; or 

 the probability of warbles, by the indenta- 

 tion or friction of the girth buckles, in a 

 long or severe chase. The girth-web for 

 hunting should be what is termed '' spring 

 web'' in preference, for the advantage of its 

 additional elasticity ; the harsh, tight-wove 

 web very frequently occasioning a laceration 

 of the integument, known by the name of 

 " bowd-galkdy If due respect was also paid 

 to the probable durability of the stirrup- 

 leathers it might certainly render superflu- 

 ous the paltry display of a new belt round 

 the body of a gentleman, indicating a 

 safe resource for a broken leather ; a piece of 

 equestrian ostentation never practised by 

 sportsmen of established reputation, wdio are 

 uiiiversally known to be too substantially 

 provided, in so material a part of their equip- 

 ments, to stand the most distant chance of 

 ap accident, that would not only retard their 



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