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here, what I have to say on equitation. The 

 small number of lessons which form the mat- 

 ter of this last chapter, seem to me sufficient 

 to put every man who will not have the pre- 

 tension of becoming a consummate horseman, 

 in a state of being his own master. 



As to persons who desire to acquire more 

 profound knowledge, they will not be able to 

 obtain it from the most complete treatises, if 

 they do not at the same time join to them 

 the practical lessons of Franconi, Pitou, or 

 other great masters. 



