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line, and turning on either side, for a few days, she 

 may walk in a circle, and soon make her horse wheel, 

 change, demi-volt, &c. The circle should be large at first ; 

 but when the pupil has acquired her proper equilibrium, 

 &c., it must, day by day, be gradually contracted. 



In riding round a circle, the inner rein is be rather 

 lowered, and the body inclined inward. This inclina- 

 tion must be increased during succeeding lessons, as 

 the circle is contracted, and the pupil quickens the 

 pace of her horse. She must practise in the large 

 circle, until she is able, by her hands and aids, to 

 make the horse perform it correctly. The inside rein 

 must be delicately acted upon ; if it be jerked, at dis- 

 tant intervals, or borne upon, without intermission, the 

 horse, in the former case, will swerve in and out, and, 

 in the latter, the rider's hand, and the animal's mouth, 

 will both become, in some degree, deadened; and thus 

 their correspondence will be decreased. In' order to 

 procure correct action, the inner rein should be alter- 

 nately borne on in a very slight degree, and relaxed 

 the next instant, — the hand keeping exact time in its 

 operations with the cadence of the horse's feet. The 

 direction is to be frequently changed; the pupil alter- 

 nately working to the right and the left, so as to bring 

 both her hands into practice. 



As soon as the rider becomes tolerably well con- 

 firmed in her seat and balance, and in the performance 

 of the simple aids and animations, as well in large as 



