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I^t the horfeman thci'i place himfelf at once, up- 

 on his Twiit, fitting exadi V in the middle of tiiC Sad- 

 dle ; let him fupport this porjure, in which the Twiit 

 alone feems to fullain the weigh't of the whole body, 

 by moderately leaning upon hib buttock. 



Let the Thighs be turned inward, and reft flat 

 upon the lides of the faddle ; and in orcier to this let 

 the turn of the thighs proceed diredly from the hips, 

 and let him employ no force or ftrength to keep him- 

 felf in the faddle, but truft entirely to th6 weight 

 of his body and thighs; this is the exadl equilibrio; 

 in this and this only confifts the firmnefs and fup- 

 port of the whole building; a firmnefs which young 

 beginners are never fcnfiole of at firft, but which 

 is to be acquired, and will always be attained by 

 exercife and pradife. I demand but a moderate 

 ftrefs upon the butcocks, becaufe a man that fits 

 full upon them can never turn his thighs flat to the 

 faddle ; the thighs (hould always lay flat to the faddle, 

 becaufe, the flelhy part of them being infenfible^ the 

 horfeman would not otherwife be able [o nicely to feel 

 the motions of his horfe : 1 infift that the turn of the 

 Thigh muft be from the Hip, becaufe it can never 

 be natural, but as it proceeds from the hollow of the 

 hip bone. 



I infift farther that the horfeman never avails him- 

 felf of the ftrength or help of his thighs, except he 

 lets his whole weis^ht reft upon the cen':er, as before 

 defcribed ; becaufe the clofer he preffes them to the 

 faddle, I he rnore v/ill he be lifted above the faddle 

 on any fudden or iregular motion of the Horfe. 



Having thus firmly placed the immovable parts, 

 1 now pais on to the firft of the Mova!?Ies, which is 



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