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a half-pressure period, and thus will be found realized the 

 order of succession of the limbs in the gait or pace called 

 the walk. The feet meet the ground one after the other, 



Ek.C 



Fig. 129. — The Step : Right Lateral Pressure. 



El.C. 

 Fig. 130. — The Step : Right Diagonal Pressure. 



smce they are each in advance by half the duration of a 

 pressure. The strokes are four in number during the period 

 of a step of this pace ; in the amble and in the trot they do 



