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Though riding on horseback seems only of late 

 to have become the most fashionable exercise of 

 ladies, it has very long been sufficiently so to war- 

 rant the publication of a useful work on the sub- 

 ject ; and it is surprising that none should have 

 appeared. Indeed, the difficulties and the delica- 

 cies which attend the practice of riding, in ladies, 

 have long appeared to the writer to render such a 

 work more necessary for them, than for gentle- 

 men. 



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