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he is resolute in defending: the assault should 

 rather be directed to his weaker side. If he for- 

 tify himself in one place, he must proportionately 

 diminish his powers of defence in another. He 

 anticipates and prepares to resist any attempt to 

 overcome him on his strong side ; and his astonish- 

 ment at being attacked on the other, and with suc- 

 cess, on account of his weakness in that quarter, 

 goes far to dishearten and subdue him. If he 

 plant himself in a position of resistance against 

 being forced to advance, it is a matter of very little 

 difficulty to make him go back. If he appear to 

 be determined not to go to the right, the rider 

 may, on account of the mode in which he disposes 

 his body and limbs, turn him, with great facility, 

 to the left. If he stand stock-still, and will not 

 move in any direction, his crime may be made his 

 punishment: the rider, in such case, should sit 

 patiently until he show a disposition to advance, 

 which he probably will in a very short time, when 

 he discovers that she is not annoyed by his stand- 

 ing still. Nothing will subdue a horse so soon as 

 this mode of turning his attacks against himself, 

 and making his defences appear acts of obedience 

 to the rider's inclination. When, therefore, a 

 horse viciously runs on one side towards a wall, 



