58 Dismounting. 



If the lady dismount without assistance, after 

 the hand is carried from the off to the near crutch, 

 she must turn round so as to be able to take, in 

 her left hand, a lock of the horse's mane ; by the 

 aid of which, and, by bearing her right -hand on 

 the crutch, she may alight without difficulty. In 

 dismounting thus, without assistance, she must 

 turn as she quits the saddle, so as to descend with 

 her face towards the horse's side. 



By whatever mode the lady dismounts, but es- 

 pecially if she do so without assistance, she should 

 — to prevent any unpleasant shock on reaching 

 the ground — bend her knees, suffer her body to be 

 perfectly pliant, and alight on her toes, or the 

 middle of her feet. She is neither to relinquisl 

 her hold, nor is the gentleman, or groom, if she 

 make use of his ministry, to withdraw his hand, 

 until she is perfectly safe on the ground. 



