304 LADIES ON HORSEBACK. 



in a letter published on the 13th November^ 

 that in some works concerning the Sandwich 

 Islands, in the Northern Pacific Ocean, and 

 the Eocky Mountains, North America, the 

 authoress, Miss Isabella L. Bird, states that 

 she was acc.^jtomed, while there, to ride on 

 horseback astride. 



A few extracts from her above-mentioned 

 writings will probably interest your readers. 

 When in Hawaii, or Owyhee, one of the Sand- 

 wich Islands, the authoress referred to accom- 

 panied some friends on horseback to the 

 Anuenue FaUs on the Wailuku river (a 

 river which forms a boundary between two 

 great volcanoes), and on that occasion used 

 a side-saddle, but was afterwards advised by 

 one of the party to follow the native fashion 

 of riding astride. Having acted upon this 

 advice, she was well satisfied with the result 

 of the trial, and continued to adopt that 

 style while in the Sandwich Islands, and 

 also in the Eocky Mountains, where she 

 remained nearly four months. The following 

 extract from a letter written by her about 

 the 28th of January, from Hilo, Hawaii, and 



