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turns to her starting-point by a diagonal, using the 

 same effects, but with much less force, since, to re- 

 gain her place by the diagonal, she will only have one 

 fourth of a turn to the right to make ; then, at the 

 end of the diagonal, she must change her effects 

 completely, in order to execute three fourths of a 

 turn to the left, which will bring her back to her 

 track, but on the left hand. 



I. Prepare for the reversed half -volte, — 2. Reversed 



half-volte. 



To make her horse execute a reversed half-volte, 

 the pupil uses the same means and effects as in the 

 preceding movement, exactly reversing them at the 

 end ; that is to say, when on the diagonal, about six 

 paces from her track, she makes a half-circle to the 

 left, following the rules prescribed for the volte. 



The teacher must be careful to explain that, in 

 the voltes, the pupil does not change the direction in 

 which she is going, because she describes a circle ; 

 but in the half-volte, if she is on the right hand at 

 the beginning, she will be on the left at the end. He 

 must also see that her horse executes all these move- 

 ments at a steady pace; and, if she will practice 

 faithfully these different changes of direction, with 

 the positions and effects which govern them, she will, 

 in time, acquire the habit of guiding her horse 

 promptly and skillfully in any direction. 



To go backward. — The pupil, being at a stand- 

 still, the teacher will give the word of command : 



