76 ANNALS OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



Mr. John Mann, a moft eminent Taylor 

 of Bury St. Edmunds, was one day obferved to 

 mount his horfe (which flood at the door of 

 a Gentleman's houfe in the neighbourhood) 

 when the bitt was out of his mouth, and, 

 in that manner, to proceed rapidly towards 

 home. My Informant followed him from cu- 

 riofity; and, from what he could obferve, 

 faw no alteration in his riding except that 

 he reel'd a little at times, a circumftance 

 exceedingly natural ; and although he had 

 three turns to make to the right, and two 

 to the left, to thread the needle through 

 fome Mackerel carts on the road, and a Wa- 

 ter to pafs; (where, by the bye, he let his 

 horfe flop too long, and drink too much), 

 yet he arrived fafe and found at home. 



Now conlidering the five angles, the Mac- 

 kerel carts, and his not going over the bridge, 

 which was the right way ; I queiftion but fuch 

 a performance might have puzzled one of At- 

 tila's fellows. 



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