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of Europe should be equal (but tbis, from the superior 

 size and strength of English horses, would evidently be 

 in our favour), yet it would at least shield the profession 

 from the disgrace of being again persecuted, in any 

 country, by an uncivilized army ; and if the navy of 

 England, laden with its immense weight of metal, is 

 endeavouring, by science and reflection, to accelerate its 

 rate of sailing, so that it can not only stand against the 

 largest fleet, but can chase and run down the smallest 

 pirate, surely the British army, already distinguished 

 by its heart and its arm, should never rest satisfied 

 until it can sufficiently develop its locomotive powers 

 to be able to overtake and punish the insults of irregular 

 troops. 



Having now endeavoured to prove, 1st, That in Euro- 

 pean warfare there positively does exist a serious imper- 

 fection ; and 2ndly, That it is for the interest, and due 

 to the character, of the profession, that this imperfection 

 should be corrected, we will proceed to explain the 

 reasons which have lately induced the Duke of Cambridge 

 by the following order to direct the attention of the Bri- 

 tish cavalry to the practice of lasso draught, (which for 

 more than two years, by order of the Inspector-General 

 of Fortifications, General Sir John Burgoyne, has been 

 most successfully and scientifically adopted, by Captain 

 Siborne, E.E., commanding the Royal Engineer Train, 



