DIRECTIONS FOR MOUNTING. 7 



hand, seats herself, and places her right leg be- 

 tween the two outward pommels, the gentleman 

 places her foot in the stirrup, and she takes the 

 reins in her left hand. To adjust the habit, the 

 lady raises herself by placing her right hand on 

 the off pommel and standing in her stirrup, the 

 gentleman shakes the back part of the skirt into 

 its place, she re-seats herself, and raising her right 

 knee to free the habit, the gentleman assists to 

 adjust the front part of the skirt by gently draw- 

 ing it forward. 



THE SEAT AND BAL/^NCE. 



A LADY seldom appears to greater advantage 

 than when mounted on a fine horse, that is, if her 

 deportment be graceful ; and her position corres- 

 ponds with his paces and attitudes ; but the re- 

 verse is the case, if, instead of acting with, and 

 influencing the movements of, the horse, she ap- 

 pears to be tossed to and fro, and overcome by 

 them. She should rise, and descend, advance, and 

 stop with, and not after the animal. From this 

 harmony of motion results ease, elegance, and a 

 good effect. The lady should sit in such a posi- 

 tion, that the weight of her body may rest on the 

 centre of the saddle, and so far back, as just to 

 admit of her right leg passing easily round the 



