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bearing to the right hind-foot, which may be said 

 to be continually coi^reded by the inner bearing. 



§ 217. Changing direction on the inner hind-foot 

 by pressing the outer rein we should consider as 

 circling on the haunches corobined with progres- 

 sion. 



§ 218. We have only to add, in conclusion to 

 this part, that as the snake's motion has been 

 taken as a clue in tracing up the mechanism of lo- 

 comotion in the higher animals, so the horseman 

 cannot, we think, do better than to reverse the 

 process, and take the working of analogical parts 

 of his own body as a clue for guiding his observa- 

 tions and conclusions as to the actions which take 

 place in the body of his horse, and as to the best 

 means of controUing them. 



