120 The Walk. 



begin with her animations above the horse's spirit, 

 his courage will be so raised as to endanger, or, at 

 least, alarm her, and thus render what would 

 otherwise be an agreeable exercise, unpleasant. 



After the pupil has practised walking in a 

 straight line, and turning on either side, for a few 

 days, she may walk in a circle, and soon make her 

 horse wheel, change, demi-volt, &c. The circle 

 should be large at first, but when the pupil has 

 acquired her proper equilibrium, &c, it must day 

 by day, be gradually contracted. 



In riding round a circle, the inner rein is to be 

 rather lowered, and the body inclined inward. This 

 inclination must be increased during succeeding 

 lessons, as the circle is contracted, and the pupil 

 quickens the pace of her horse. She must prac- 

 tice in the large circle, until she is able, by her 

 hands and aids, to make the horse perform it cor- 

 rectly. The inside rein must be delicately acted 

 upon ; if it be jerked, at distant intervals, or borne 

 upon, without intermission, the horse, in the for- 

 mer case, will swerve in and out, and, in the latter, 

 the rider's hand, and the animal's mouth, will both 

 become, in some degree, deadened ; and thus their 

 correspondence will be decreased. In order to 

 procure correct action, the inner rein should be 

 alternately borne on in a very slight degree, and 



