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which you must separate by putting your httle finger between them, 

 the right rein laying upon it : this is the first and general position. 



Does your Horse go forward, or rather would you have him go for- 

 ward? yield to him your hand, and for that purpose turn your nails 

 downward, in such manner as to bring your thumb near your body ; 

 remove your little finger from it, and bring it into the place where your 

 knuckles Avere in the first position, keeping your nails directly above 

 your Horse's neck : this is the second position. 



Would you make your Horse go backward ? quit the first position ; 

 let your wrist be quite round ; let j^our thumb be in the place of the 

 little fioger in the second position, and the little finger in that of the 

 thumb, turn your nails quite upward, and towards your face, and your 

 knuckles will be towards your Horse's neck: this is the third position. 



Would you turn your Horse to the right ? leave the first position, 

 carry your nails to the right, turning your hand upside down, in such 

 manner, that your thumb be carried out to the left, and the little finger 

 brought into the right : this is the fourth position. 



Lastly, would you turn to the left? quit again the first position ; carry 

 the back of your hand a little to the left, so that the knuckles may come 

 under a httle, that your thumb may incline to the right, and the little 

 finger to the left : this makes the fifth position. These different positions 

 however, alone are insufficient, unless the horseman be able to pass from 

 one to another with readiness and order. 



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