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Does your horfe go forwards, or rather would yoii 

 have him go forwards ? yeild to him your hand, and 

 for that purpofe turn your nails downwards, in fucli 

 a manner as to bring your thumb near your body, 

 and your little-finger then from it, and bring it to 

 the place where your knuckles were in the tirft pofi- 

 tion. Keeping your nails direftly above the neck of 

 your horfe. — This is the fecond Pofition. 



Would you make your horfe go backwards, quit 

 the firfl pofition ; let your w^ift be quite round, your 

 thumb in the place of the httle finger in the fecond 

 pofition, and the litde-finger in that of the thumb, 

 turning your nails quite upwards, and towards your 

 face, and your knuckles will be towards your horfe's 

 neck. — This is the third Pofition. 



Would you turn your horfe to the Right ? leave the 

 firft pofition; carry your nails to the right, turning 

 your hand upfide down, in fuch a manner that your 

 thumb be carried out to the left, and the little-finger 

 brought into the Right*— This is the fourth Pofition. 



Laflly, would you turn your horfe to the Left ? 

 quit again the firfl pofition, carry the back of your 

 hand a little to the left, fb that the knuckles come 

 under a httle, that your thumb may inchne to the 

 right, and the little-finger to the left. — This makes 

 the fifth Pofition. 



Thefe different Poiitions, however, alone are not 

 fufficient; we mufh be able to pafs from one to the 

 other with readineis and order. 



Three qualities are neceffary to the hand. Viz. 

 FiRM^ Gentle^ and Light : I call that a firm hand, 



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