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Pofition correfponds and unites him to all the Motions of 

 the Horfe. Now, only throwing the Shoulders back pro- 

 duces all thefe Effeds, and gives them exadly in the Degree 

 that is requifiite ; whereas, if we were to look for the par- 

 ticular Pofition of each Part feparately, and by itfelf, witli- 

 out examining the Conneclion that there is between the 

 Motions of one Part with thofe of another, there would be 

 fuch a Bending in the Loins, that the Horfeman would be,, 

 if I may fo fay, hollow-backed ; and as from that he would, 

 force his Breaft forward, and his Wziift towards the Pommel 

 of the Saddle, he would be flung back, and muft fit upon 

 the Rump of the Florfc 



The Arms iTiould be bent at the Elbows, and the Elbows. 

 fliould reft equally upon the Hips ; if the Arms were ftrait, 

 the Confequence would be, that the Hands would be infi- 

 nitely too low, or at much too great a Diftance from the 

 Body ; and if the Elbows were not kept fteady, they would 

 of confequence give an Uncertainty and Ficklenefs to the: 

 Hand, fufficient to ruin it for ever. 



It is true, that the Bridle-hand is that which abfolutelv 

 ought to be fteady and immoveable, and one might conclude 

 from hence, that the Left-elbow only ought to reft upon 

 the Hip, but Grace confifts in the cxa6l Proportion and 

 Symmetry of all the Parts of the Body, and to have the Arm 

 on one Side raifed and advanced, and that of the other kept 

 down and clofe to the Body, would prefent but an awkward 

 and difagreeable Appearance. 



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