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is advisable for the lady to be on the alert, lest he 

 should become so disunited, by the operation, as 

 to fall. 



Our readers may think, perhaps, that this advice, 

 however easy to give, is difficult to follow : we beg 

 leave, however, to tell them, that although it is 

 not so easy as drawing on a glove, or replacing a 

 stray curl, it is much more practicable than they 

 may imagine ; though, we trust, they may never 

 have occasion to put it to the proof. 



There is another situation, in which it is advis- 

 able to force the horse, apparently to have his own 

 way, in order to baffle his attempts. Restive 

 horses, or even docile animals, when put out of 

 temper, sometimes endeavor to crush their riders' 

 legs against walls, gates, trees, posts, &c. An 

 inexperienced lady, under such circumstances, 

 would strive to pull the horse away ; but her ex- 

 ertions would be unavailing; the animal would 

 feel that he could master the opposition, and thus 

 discovering the rider's weakness turn it to her dis- 

 advantage on future occasions. We cannot too 

 often repeat, that, although a rider should not 

 desist until she have subdued her horse, she must 

 never enter into an open, undisguised contest with 

 him. It is useless to attack him on a point which 



