vi.] MOUNTING AND DISMOUNTING. 73 



To pick a whip from the ground, take the pummel with To pick a 



whip from 



the right hand, place the side of the left foot against the Aground, 

 girth, the toe between the horse's elbows, bring the back 

 of the right leg on to the top of the saddle, and let 

 yourself down to the full stretch of your right arm ; this 

 is very easy at the halt, still easier on the move, if your 

 horse is quiet. If you fail, you only dismount on your 

 hands instead of your feet, which on turf may be done 

 innocuously at a canter. 



To face about in the saddle place the palms of the To face 



about in 



hands on the pummel, throw your legs out horizontally the 8addle - 

 over the horse's croupe, turn and come into the saddle 

 facing to the tail. If M. Cui Bono remarks that the last 

 two feats are, like others which I might detail, useless, I 

 answer, that the practice of no feat of activity or strength 

 is useless. Activity and strength, the unctaB dona 

 palasstrse, form a firm assurance against perils, not only 

 to your own life but to the lives of others. 



