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can be no objection to the demi-volt and changes 

 reverse bemg afterwards embodied in the exercises on 

 circles. As in the last figure, the lady may work from 

 a in the mode directed, for some time ; then perform 

 the variations, by going across from a to h, and de- 

 scribe a demi-volt round by c e to a; then return from 

 a to h, and work a demi-volt, in an op- 

 posite direction, from h io a: thence, 

 the lady may proceed in a line, enter 

 the lower circle at d, and re-commence 

 riding in circles. The change reverse 

 may at any time be performed, by 

 quitting the upper circle at e or f, and 

 working on the traversing lines, so as 

 to cross the lower circle at g or k, and 

 enter it at ?' or k. In fact, these exer- 

 cises may be varied, ad libitum ; and 

 the more they are diversified, the greater advantage 

 the lady will derive from them, provided she persevere 

 until she can perform one figure with accuracy, be- 

 fore she enter upon another that is more complicated. 

 Should the horse, in changing, yield his head, but 

 withhold his croup so as to destroy the union of his 

 action, or mar the perfection of the change, the rider 

 should bring it to the proper position, or sequence, by 

 an aid of the whip or leg, as the case may be. 



