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lim, for it is a vast improvement upon the 

 jog-trot adopted by the cavahy, which, how- 

 ever well it may suit them and impart 

 imiformity of motion to their ** line-riding," 

 is not by any means suited to a lady, either 

 for appearances or for purposes of health. 



You come up for your next day's lesson in a 

 very solemn mood. You are, in fact, con- 

 siderably sobered. You had thought it was 

 all plain saiHng : it loolced so easy. You had 

 seen hundreds of persons riding, trotting, and 

 even setting off to hunt, and had never 

 dreamed that there had been any trouble in 

 learning. Now you know the difficulties and 

 what is before you. 



You recall your sufferings during your 

 first days upon the ice, or on the rink. How 

 utterly impossible it seemed that you could 

 ever excel; how you tumbled about; how 

 miserably helpless you felt, and how many 

 heavy falls you got ! Yet you conquered in 

 the end, and so you will again. 



You take courage and mount your steed. 

 First you walk him a Httle, as yesterday ; and 

 then the jolting begins again. How are you 



