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chums yon. Your hat shakes, your hair flaps, 

 your elbows bang to your sides, you are 

 altogether miserable. Still, you hold on 

 bravely, though you are ready to cry from the 

 horrors of the situation. 



Your attendant, by way of reHeving you, 

 changes the trot to a canter, and then you are 

 suddenly transported to Elysium. The motion 

 is heavenly. You have nothing to do but sit 

 close to your saddle, and you are borne 

 dehghtfully along. It is too ecstatic to last. 

 Alas ! it will never teach you to ride, and so 

 you return to the trot and the shaking and 

 the jogging, the horrors of which are worse 

 than anything you have ever previously 

 experienced. You try vainly to give yourself 

 some ease, but fail utterly, and at length 

 dismount — hot, tired, and disheartened. 



But against this latter you must resolutel}^ 

 fight. Remember that nothing can be learned 

 without trouble, and by-and-by you will be 

 repaid. It is not everybody who has the gift 

 of perseverance, and it is an invaluable attri- 

 bute. It is a fact frequently commented upon, 

 not alone by me but by many others also, that 



