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partially, subsisted. Another writer of the seven- 

 teenth century, whose manuscripts are preserved 

 in the Harleian collection, speaks of it, as having 

 been practised, in his time, by the ladies of Bury, 

 in Suffolk, when hunting or hawking; and our 

 venerable contemporary, Lawrence (a voluminous 

 writer on the horse,) it is worthy of remark, states, 

 that at an early period of his own life, two young 

 ladies of good family, then residing near Ipswich, 

 in the same county, "were in the constant habit 

 of riding about the country, in their smart doe- 

 skins, great coats, and napped beaver hats." 



Although entirely relinquished, at present, per- 

 haps, in this country, the mode of female eques- 

 trianism under notice continues to prevail in va- 

 rious other localities. In the following sketch, 



taken from Charles Audry's magnificent "Ecole 

 2* B 



