46 METHOD OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



pass : 1st. To the lesson of the arm, which 

 consists in moving it in every direction, 

 first bent, and afterwards extended ; 2d. To 

 that of the head ; this must be turned right 

 and left without its motions reacting on 

 the shoulders. 



When the lessons of the chest, arms, and 

 head give a satisfactory result, which ought 

 to be at the end of four days (eight lessons), 

 we will then pass to the pupil's legs. 



He will remove one of his thighs as far as 

 possible from the quarters of the saddle; 

 and afterwards replace it with a rotatory 

 movement from without inwards, in order 

 to make it adhere to the saddle by as many 

 points of contact as possible. The instruc- 

 tor will watch that the thigh does not fall 

 back heavily; it should resume its position 

 by a slowly progressive motion, and with- 

 out a jerk. He ought, moreover, during 

 the first lesson, to take hold of the pupil's 



