250 METHOD OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



this exercise, in consequence of the pre- 

 cision with which all the movements are 

 made. The important flexions of the fore 

 hand can be executed, without leaving the 

 stables, by each rider turning his horse round 

 in the stall. It is not for me to point out to 

 the colonels of regiments the exact way of 

 putting my method in practice ; it is enough 

 for me to lay do^Ti my principles, and to 

 explain them. The instructors will them- 

 selves supply the details of application, too 

 long to enumerate here. 



I must again repeat that this book is the 

 fruit of twenty years' observation, constantly 

 verified by practice. A long and painful 

 work, without doubt, but such compensation 

 as may be found in the results, I have been 

 happy enough to obtain. In order to let 

 the public judge of the importance of my 

 discoveries, it is sufficient here to give their 

 nomenclature; and I present these processes 



