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The notions which feme Ladies have entertained, 

 as to fear to let their daughters be taught to Ride, leaft 

 it fliould make them grow crooked and awry, I inlift 

 that they are falfe, and quite the reverfe ; the caufe 

 is, as before obferved, by their contradling bad ha- 

 bits of their own, and not being inftrudled on ap- 

 proved principles, fo that the efFedl is caught hold 

 ofj while the eaufe lies unfought for ; from my own 

 knowledge and experience I could relate feveral in- 

 ftances wherein young Ladies inftead of growing 

 crooked by learning to ride, have been greatly re- 

 lieved from thofe complaints, and even quite eradi- 

 cated by the pradice of riding, 1 will here beg leave 

 to mention an inftance or two which will ferve to 

 prove what good effeds may arife from this pleafant 

 and healthful exercife. 



A young Lady about Seventeen years of age who 

 had been afflided for twelve months with a ftiifnefs 

 in her neck and Ihoulders, and it was obfervable that 

 the right flioulder was grown much larger than the 

 left. 



She on coming to the riding houfe to obferve her 

 fellow fcholars take their leffons, of which flie be- 

 came much pleafed, and wiQied much to learn to 

 ride. — Ihe governefs confulted me on the matter, 

 but faid (he feared it might make her grow worfe as 

 fhe had been told that riding fometimes caufed La- 

 dies to become crooked, however, by my reafoning 

 the matter with her (lie was convinced in her own o- 

 pinionand caufed the young Lady to write to her pa^ 

 rents in Jamaica, and had permiffion by return of 

 packet to ride according to my diredions, which 

 were briefly as follows, being in the month of jVIarch, 

 and of courfe rather a cold piercing air, I advifed 



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