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and to keep them as much as can be in the like Si' 

 tuation. 



I fometimes put them on after I am mounted, 

 and got a little Way into the Lanes, for Fear of 

 their running into Creafes or Wrinkles while I am 

 getting on Horfeback ; but fat and unwieldy People 

 cannot raife themfelves upon the Saddle fo as to do 

 this. Therefore they mufl put them on juil before 

 they mount, and keep them even, as I have direct- 

 ed. Furthermore, it is necelfary to have a Number 

 of thefe Plaillers ready fpread and roU'd up in Boxes 

 for the Purpofe, that fo you may take a frefh one as 

 Occafion requires ; but while the old one will flick 

 and keep from Creafes, it v/ill do well enough. 



They may be thrown by at Night, and the But- 

 tocks cooPd with Blue-Milk and Water, and laid 

 on in the Morning after ftretching them a little. 



Let them be fpread thin and with a fmall Mar- 

 gin, and by that Means your Linnen and Breeches 

 win keep clear of daubing, Iffc. 



If the Traveller be fo very negligent as not to 

 follow thefe wholefome Direftions 'till the Skin is 

 off his Buttocks, 'tis Pity but it fhould continue {o. 

 However, I muft tell him charitably, that nothing 

 will in fuch Cafe keep him more eafy to his Jour- 

 ney's End, than thofe very Plaiilers, which fhould 

 be apply'd before the Thing is too far gone. As to 

 this or that Sort of Lining of Breeches, Hare or 

 Rabbet-Skins, and the like, they are only good as 

 they caufe the Buttocks to reft more eafy upon a 

 hard Saddle ; which Sort of Furniture I by no means 

 A little recommend, unlefs it were to be ufed as a peniten- 

 Saddle tial Scourge to the Pofteriors, in like Manner as 

 compared there are a Sort of Penance-Belts to correal the Sins 

 *^ ^ ^ B It ^^^ ^''^^^^ of the anterior Parts of the Body. 



' If I have been tedious upon this Particular, I 

 muft beg the Reader's Pardon, having promifed a 

 worthy Gentleman of my Acquaintance to fpeak to 

 it in fome Part or other of this Book. 



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