46 METHOD OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



pass : 1st. To the lesson of the arm, which 

 consists in moving it in every direction, 

 first bent, and afterwards extended ; 2d. To 

 that of the head ; this must be turned right 

 and left without its motions reacting on 

 the shoulders. 



When the lessons of the chest, arms, and 

 head give a satisfactory result, which ought 

 to be at the end of four days (eight lessons), 

 w^e w^ill then pass to the pupil's legs. 



He will remove one of his thighs as far as 

 possible from the quarters of the saddle; 

 and afterwards replace it with a rotatory 

 movement from without inwards, in order 

 to make it adhere to the saddle by as many 

 points of contact as possible. The instruc- 

 tor will watch that the thigh does not fall 

 back heavily; it should resume its position 

 by a slowly progressive motion, and with- 

 out a jerk. He ought, moreover, during 

 the first lesson, to take hold of the pupil's 



