28 THE HOESE AND HIS EIDEE. 



incoherent idea as to wliat had befallen him, or " how 

 he got there." 



If a horse of this description and a wild one were 

 to be mounted simultaneously, each by an equally good 

 rider, in an unenclosed, uncultivated region, both the 

 quadrupeds probably at the same moment would be 

 seen to run away : the Briton for ever, to gain his 

 liberty ; the other quadruped, just as surely, to lose it ! 



Having now sufficiently discussed the character and 

 conduct of the horse, we will presume to offer, or 

 ratlier to bequeath to our readers, a very few observa- 

 tions as regards his rider. 



Seat on a Hoese. 



The best position of a man on horseback is, of course, 

 that which is most ao-reeable to both animals, and which, 

 from its ease and flexibility, as they skim together over 

 the surface of the earth, apparently combines them into 

 one. 



Like everything in Nature, the variety of seats is in- 

 finite. They may, however, generically be divided 

 into two classes : 



1. In the great plains of South America, in which it 



