16 



INTRODUCTION. 



butcher's trot in appearance; but, it is so easy, that 

 one might go to sleep on the horse : and, after riding 

 ^ d. pacer,' it is difficult to sit a trotter at first. It is, 



also, excessively rapid ; — good pacers beating other 

 horses at a gallop. The ladies of Lima do not always 

 ride with the face covered : but, only, when the sun is 

 powerful. They, sometimes, ride in ponchos, like the 

 men : in fact, it is excessively difficult, at first sight, to 

 determine whether a person on horseback be male or 

 female." 



The side-saddle introduced to this country by Ann 

 of Bohemia, differed, materially, from that now used 



