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PLATE XVIII. 



THE FLY LEAP. 



To compass this mode of leaping, it is necessary that the horse 

 should be possessed of great strength and courage ; for here the 

 horse springs from all four legs at the same time, or at least so nearly 

 so, that the difference is not perceptible. The fore-legs should be 

 tucked tight under the body, the hind ones thrown as high and as far 

 out as possible. To hunt in a country where such fences are used as 

 the double timber fence, ditch between, it requires a horse well 

 qualified ; for to get on with any speed, the leaps must be made at 

 once. I have been heartily tired even to see the trouble and 

 patience it requires to perform the in and out. 



For river leaping the same action is necessary, but it is not 

 necessary that the legs should be so much gathered. 



