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this advantage remains to the end of the campaign. 

 In the South African War the EngHsh losses in 

 horseflesh amounted to the appalHng total of 340,- 

 000, and it is idle to suppose that better horseman- 

 agement might not have considerably lessened the 

 death-roll. 



The next section consists of a rough guide to fifty 

 lessons in equitation, which can be modified to suit 

 the pupil's strength and fitness. His progress will, 

 to a great extent, depend upon himself. 



