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the double rise — not to advocate for a single 

 instant their riding upon a cross-saddle. I 

 am quite ready to reiterate my statement that 

 the position of a man enables him to ride a 

 rough or clumsy trotter with infinitely greater 

 ease than can a woman ; but women should 

 not, in my opinion, ride such at all, nor should 

 I have done so, as related in your paper of 

 November 27, were it not that my host, an 

 immensely heavy man, had none but big rough 

 horses in his stable, and I was obhged either 

 to accept a mount upon one of them, for at 

 least once, or give offence to a dear kind friend, 

 which I would not do to avoid even a greater 

 amount of inconvenience than I experienced 

 upon the occasion in question. 



The cross-seat is not the only thing which 

 ladies may envy the sterner sex, without at 

 the same time advocating the propriety of 

 encroaching upon their privileges. For my 

 own part I never yet set out to walk on a wet 

 or muddy day without sincerely envying every 

 man who passed me, his big boots, tucked-up 

 trousers, and freedom from the petticoats and 

 furbelows which encumber us and make us. 



