EXERCISES. 



accidents to which riding is liable, are the three 

 principal points that are propofed by learning 

 this art. 



XVIII. The art of fencing is likewile to be 

 learned from a matter, and by exercifing in a 

 fchool ; the matter is commonly aflifted by a 

 prevot or fub- matter. It is under this direction 

 that the fcholar learns, by the ufe of files, the 

 proper manner of holding the fword, and of 

 making the various thrufts, as tierce, quart, 

 fecond, &c. with rapidity and fecurity ; as well 

 as the method of parrying all thrufts that can 

 be made at him. To give^ and not to receive is 

 the motto of a fencing matter. There is, in 

 Italian, a treatife by M. Salvatore, of the tbccry 

 and praElict of fencing : and a celebrated work 

 in French, by M. Givald Thibault, intided the 

 academy of the facrd-, as well as feveral ot 

 that have appeared fince. 



XIX. Vaulting isanexcrcife by which we learn 

 to perform all feats of the body with eafe and 

 addrefs ; as leaping into the (addle, or dilhiount- 

 ing a horfe in a like manner, or afcending 

 fome great eminence with dexterity, &c. The 

 matters of this art make ufc of a wooden horfe ; 

 of a long (loping table, covered with rufhes or 

 fuch like matter, and of fomc other machinery, 

 for the convenience of their fcholars, and for 

 preventing them from unlucky ace id. iiicli 



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