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worlds to conquer, and were blase e about all sorts and 

 conditions of horses, she rode a zebra at Calcutta 

 which was broken within an hour by her husband 

 sufficiently to be saddled and bridled. Her experi- 

 ences on his back are entertainingly set forth in her 

 book The Horsewoman, which is well worth the 

 reading, not only for its hints on horsemanship, but 

 for the many amusing sporting anecdotes. Her other 

 book is one which one would hardly have expected 

 from a woman whose life has been in so great a 

 measure devoted to horses and sport. It is called 

 My Leper Friends. A friend indeed they must 

 have thought her, with her devoted sympathy and 

 repeated endeavour to alleviate the sufferings from 

 the most distressing and repulsive malady in the world. 

 Another book is now on the stocks, the preparation of 

 which keeps Captain and Mrs. Hayes for the present 

 in England. That done, they will soon start again on 

 their travels, England being a place that never holds 

 their roving spirits long. The curiosities, and beauti- 

 ful stuffs and feathers, which they have gleaned in 

 many lands will have to disappear into big boxes and 

 be 'warehoused, until some fresh store of adventures 

 recalls the wanderers home 



" Meanwhile she teaches the art, of which she is 

 indeed a past mistress, in a way which it is a pleasure 

 and profit to see ; and I can most conscientiously 

 advise any mother to send her girls to her if she wishes 

 them to at once become perfect horsewomen while 

 remaining perfect ladies." 



