CHAPTER VII. 



I SHALL next set down the method of 

 riding which the horseman may find 

 best for himself and his horse, when once he 

 has received him for mounting. First, then, 

 with the left hand he must take up lightly 

 the halter ^^ which hangs from the chin-strap ^9 

 or the noseband, holding it so slack as not to 

 check the horse, whether he intends to raise 

 himself by laying hold of the mane about 

 the ears,"^*^ and to mount in that way, or 

 whether he vaults on from his spear.'^' With 

 the right hand, he must then take the reins 



