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±0 acoompany you upon your first road 



ride. 



Go out with every confidence, accompanied 

 of course by a companion or attendant, and 

 make up your mind never to be caught napping, 

 but to be ever on the alert. You must not 

 lose sight of the fact that a bird flitting 

 suddenly across, a donkey's head laid without 

 warning against a gate, a goat's horns 

 appearing over a wall, or even a piece of 

 paper blown along upon the ground, may 

 cause your horse to shy, and if you are not 

 sitting close at the time, woe betide you! 

 Always remember the rule of the road, keep 

 to your left-hand side, and if you have to pass 

 a vehicle going your way, do so on the right 

 of it. Never neglect this axiom, no matter 

 how lonely and deserted the highway may 

 appear, for recollect that if you fail to comply 

 with it, and that any accident chances to 

 occur, you will get all the blame, and receive 

 no compensation. 



Never trot your horse upon a hard road 

 when you have a bit of grass at the side 

 on which you can canter him. Even if there 



