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the toes should never be turned in, as the old teachers of the haute ecole required, or out, like a 

 splay-footed opera-dancer ; but just enough to increase the hollow of the thighs. The round- 

 thighed man may have " to get up a hollow curve by turning out his toes a little in excess," 

 says Major Dwyer. 



DIAGRAM OF A MAN ON HORSEBACK, EXHIBITING SIDE VIEW OF THE PELVIS. 



The pelvis is a strong, basin-like, bony cavity, situated at the base of the spinal column, and above the inferior extremities. 

 The bones comjrasing it are :— I. The Os ilium (hip or haunch bone). 2. The Os ischium, or Os sedentarium (the bony seat, is a 

 rough, thick, strong protuberance). 3. The Os puHs. 4. The Os scurum, or sacred bone. $. The Os coccygis, or buckle bone, is 

 a continuation and termination of the Os sacrum or sacred bone and vertebral column. 6. Base of the spinal column. 



Archbishop Vernon Harcourt, who was a very fine horseman, and, before he was pro- 

 moted to the bench, always in the first flight when fox-hounds were running, once said to the 

 wisest wit of the last generation, " I understand, Mr. Sydney Smith, you object to clergymen 



