THE PACES OF THE HORSE 



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value — that is to say, the duration — is represented by the 

 length of these bars. It is the same with regard to the in- 

 tervals of silence : these are expressed by the intervals which 

 separate the pressures, and correspond to the moments in 



Fig. 118. 



which, during certain paces, such as running, the body is 

 raised from the ground. Besides, we see intervals of this 

 kind on the notation reproduced (Fig. 118) relative to the 

 running of man. 



In order to make the signification of these tracings still 



Fig. 119. 



better understood, we reproduce four varieties of them 

 (Fig. 119). 



The first notation is that of ordinary walking. The 

 pressures succeed each other regularly. 



