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 EdUESTRIAN MANUAL. 



Our Virgin Queen, peerless Elizabeth, 

 With grace and dignity rode through the host : 

 And proudly paced that gallant steed, as though 

 He knew his saddle was a royal throne. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Riding on Horseback is, confessedly, one of the 

 most graceful, agreeable, and salutary of feminine 

 recreations. No attitude, perhaps, can be re- 

 garded as more elegant than that of a lady in the 

 modern side -saddle; nor can any exercise be 



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