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when, an hour or so later, I beheld the said 

 John disporting himself, and showing off his 

 equestrian skill upon one of the carriage- 

 horses, I really felt pity for the two charming 

 Httle girls who were so soon to be handed over 

 to his doubtful tuition. 



And now for the third portion of your 

 correspondent's letter : namely, the question 

 of the straight saddle. '* H. de V. E. " says 

 he has never seen any such ; and I consider 

 this extremely probable, for he will recollect 

 my saying that a saddle such as I described 

 should be made to order, as it is certainly not 

 in general use — but I am not altogether 

 singular in my advocacy of it. Peat and Co.,. 

 Piccadilly, or Box and Co., Abbey Street, 

 Dublin, will manufacture saddles of this 

 description in excellent style, but only ta 

 order, for they have not yet found sufficient 

 favour — or, to express it better, are not 

 sufficiently known — to have become popular, 

 and manufacturers therefore will not keep 

 them in stock. The advantages of a straight 

 saddle are manifold. Firstly, it is the only 

 means by which a lady can learn the necessary 



