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faced you or swung you round to the left has died away, 

 give another big hop or spring — the motion, quick as 

 thought, must be ahiiost continuous — and stand balanced for 

 a second on the stirrup (position No. 4), to transfer the right 



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hand from the cantle to the right side of the pommel, throw, 

 swing, or cock your right leg over, not letting the knee go 

 higher than just sufficient to clear the horse, and so drop 

 quietly into the saddle, as light as " feathered Mercury," 

 and not like a sack of oats. The right hand is in the best 



