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ones ; again, if he does know this, as he merely rides 

 an animal for health and exercise, and having found 

 one who has no more mouth than his master has 

 hands, the latter has probably found himself safely 

 enough carried, and wants no more. 



There are two specimens of this sort of rider that 

 I will particularise. The one is a gentleman I fre- 

 quently see riding up Constitution Hill, sometimes 

 with a lady. He mostly is seen in a good long trot, 

 his body obhquely on his horse, his bridle-arm and 

 left shoulder forward, and his right arm working 

 like the piston of a steam-engine, his whole person 

 more or less acted on by the working of his right 

 propeller. Could mortal teach this man hands ? The 

 horse he rides is so used to have his mouth lugged 

 at, that doubtless it is a matter of indifference to him 

 what sort of bridle he has in it, and his master pro- 

 bably thinks, as regards eflfect, all bridles are ahke. It 

 would be cruelty to both horse and man to give this 

 gentleman a fine-mouthed animal to ride, or a bridle 

 that would make impression on the mouth of the 

 horse he uses 



