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tice, which will be inflantly acquired by obfef- 

 vation and ufe. The fame may be faid of the 

 gallop, which is performed, on the rider's part, 

 like certain other pleafant actions, kneeling; 

 the pulling of the horfe helping to keep the 

 rider fleady. In the canter, the rider fets upon 

 his feat, as in an eafy chair. The method of 

 giving the wriggling helps with the bridle, 

 either in the gallop, or fwift trot, to encourage 

 a horfe forward, muft be acquired by practice. 

 The firft-rate Englifh Horfes, and the befl 

 examples of horlemanlhip, are to be feen in 

 Rotten Row, Hyde Park; where for many 

 years pafl, it has been the prevailing cuftom to 

 take the morning ride, and where no perfon 

 of decent habit and demeanour is refufed ad- 

 mittance. 



The following directions for a juft feat on 

 horfeback, are tranferibed from Blundeville, 

 " And fee that you do not only fit him boldlie, 

 " and without feare, but alfo conceive with 

 " yourfelf, that he and you do make as it were 

 " but one bodie: and that you both have but 

 " one fenfe and one will. And accompanie 

 " him with your bodie in any mouing that he 

 " maketh, alwaies beholding his head right 

 " betwixt his eares, fo as your nofe maie di- 

 " reftlie anfwer his foretop. Which fhall be 

 " a figne unto you to know therebie, whether 

 " you fit right in your faddle or not. And let 



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