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well placed, the instructor will proceed — ^first, to the lesson of 

 the arm, which consists in moving it in every direction, first 

 bent, and afterward extended ; secondly, that of the head ; 

 wliich nnist be turned right and left without allowing its motion 

 to affect the position of the shoulders. 



When tlie lessons of tlie chest, arms, and head, have pro- 

 duced a satisfactory result, which they ouglit to do at- the end 

 of four days — eight lessons — we pass to the pupil's legs. 



He must remove one of his thighs as far as possible from 

 the flaps of the saddle ; and afterward rephice it with a rotatory 

 movement from without inward, in order to make it adhere to 

 the saddle at as many points of contact as possible. The in- 

 structor should watch that the thigh does not fall back heavily; 

 it should resume its position by a slowly progressive motion, 

 and without a jerk. He ought, moreover, during the first lesson, 

 to take hold of the pupil's leg, and direct it, to make him under- 

 stand the proper way of performing this displacement. He will 

 thus save him fatigue, and obtain the result sooner. 



This kind of exercise, very fatiguing at first, requires fre- 

 quent rests ; it would be wrong to prolong the exercise beyond 

 the powers of the pupil. The motions of bringing back tJie thigh 

 which place it in contact with the saddle, and that of protrudhig 

 it, which separates it from the saddle, becoming more easy, the 

 thighs will acquire a suppleness admitting of their adhesion to 

 the saddle in a good position. Then come the practices for flex- 

 ing the legs. 



The instructor should watch that the knees always preserve 

 their perfect adherence to the saddle. The legs are to be swung 

 backward and forward like the pendulum of a clock ; that is to 

 say, the pupil 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 supple, pliable, and independent of the thighs. 

 The flexions of the legs and thighs are to be continued for four 

 days — eight lessons. To make each of these movements more 

 correct and eas}^ 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 streuirth of the arms with that of the loins, he must 



