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I have seen women who were pretty much the 

 same kind of horsewomen as our friend the cook 

 shewed as a harpist. The boast of some women, that 

 they can ride anything, may not unfrequently be set 

 down that they cannot eide at all ; they may, and 

 perhaps could, keep their seat on anything, but this 

 is not riding, it is merely sticking on. A little reflec- 

 tion will shew such boast or capability are each un- 

 feminine ; it merely pretends or amounts to the 

 boldness of the man, and is not unfrequently found 

 in those disposed to evince a leetle, a very leetle, bold- 

 ness in the woman. 



The being able to ride anything, is a most desirable 

 quality in such persons as the Misses Eeynolds, who 

 break horses for ladies ; but grace is the desirable 

 quality of a gentlewoman on horseback, and also the 

 being able to produce and keep up unity of action in 

 a perfect animal. We are not to suppose a lady 

 riding post from St. Petersburg to Moscow on Rus- 

 sian horses. She ought, in fact, never to be put on 

 any horse that requires boldness in the rider, or that 

 is in any way difficult to ride, further than regards 

 delicacy of touch. k 2 



