VI NOTE. 



assistance whatever may occur. The right 

 hand of the gentleman is perfectly free, and 

 may be used either to stop the horse, or 

 rescue the lady from danger. He can on 

 this side aid her in disentangling her dress, 

 disengaging her foot from the stirrup, adjust- 

 ing her reins, and lifting her off of her seat, 

 without exposing her to the accidents which 

 might occur to him if he attempted to give 

 her assistance from the other side. It is not 

 so easy to afford assistance to the lady with 

 the left hand, nor is it so easy for the rider, 

 to command his own horse with the right 

 hand. 



