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which, as we have seen, is the leading or propelling limb. This 

 sounds very complex, and there is no doubt that the canter 

 is difficult both to analyse and describe. It will be observed 



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Fig. 208. — The Phases of the Canter (AnschUtz). 



that in the seven sequential movements connected with the 

 canter the body is twice — viz., at the beginning and end of 

 the movement — on one leg ; at two periods it is on two lateral 



