48 METHOD OF HORSEMANSHIP. 



will raise them so as to touch the cantle of 

 the saddle with his heels. The repetition of 

 these flexions will soon render the legs sup- 

 ple, pliable, and independent of the thighs. 

 The flexions of the legs and thighs will be 

 continued for four days (eight lessons). To 

 make each of these movements more* correct 

 and easy, eight days (or sixteen lessons) 

 will be devoted to them. The fifteen days 

 (thirty lessons), which remain to complete 

 the month, will continue to be occupied by 

 the exercise of stationary supplings ; but, in 

 order that the pupil may learn to combine 

 the strength of his arms, and that of his 

 loins, he will be made to hold at arm's 

 length, progressively, weights of from ten to 

 forty pounds. This exercise w r ill be com- 

 menced in the least fatiguing position, the 

 arm being bent, and the hand near the 

 shoulder, and this flexion will be continued 

 to the full extent of the arm. The chest 



