262 LADIES ON HOKSEBACK. 



a London hotel, with at least a dozen persons 

 talking to me as I did so, and thus, being 

 also pressed for time, a few mistakes escaped 

 my notice. 



To you, sir, and to all my friends, best 

 wishes for the New Year, and many grateful 

 thanks for more kindness than I can deem 

 myself worthy of. 



Yours obediently, 



Nannie Power O'Donoghue. 



Dubhn, December 1880. 



Sib, — In case no one more able than myself 

 answers " Hersilie's " letter in this week's 

 number of your valuable paper, will you allow 

 me, in the name of many lady riders who 

 ** can " use the side-saddle, to write and 

 protest against the idea cropping up of our 

 riding hke men ? I cannot help feeling justly 

 indignant with those who try to introduce 

 such a radical change, for, surely, we are 

 already too much inclined to follow all the 

 ways and pursuits of the opposite sex 

 without so far forgetting ourselves as to 

 wish to ride as they do. I do not want to- 



