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Knuckles were in the firfl Poiition, keeping your Nails di- 

 redly abov^e your Horfe's Neck ; this is the fecond. 



Would you make your Florfe go backwards? quit the firft 

 Poiition, let your Wrift be quite round, let your Thumb be 

 in the Place of the Little-finger in the fecond Pofition, and 

 the Little-finger in that of the Thumb, turn your Nails 

 quite upwards, and towards your Face, and your Knuckles 

 will be towards your Horfe's Neck j this is the third. 



Would you turn your Horfe to the Right, leave the firfl: 

 Pofition, carry your Nails to the Right, turning your Hand 

 upfide down, in fuch a manner, that your Thumb be 

 carried out to the Left, and the Little-finger brought in to 

 the Right ; this is the fourth Pofition. 



Lastly, Would you turn to the Left, quit again the 

 firft Pofition, carry the Back of your Hand a little to the 

 Left, fo that the Knucles come under a little, but that your 

 Thumb incline to the Right, and the Little-finger to the 

 Left ; this makes the fifth. 



These different Pofitions however alone are not fufiicient ; 

 we muft be able to pafs from one to another with Readinefs 



and Order. Three Qualities are efpecially neceflary to the 



Hand. It ought to be Jif-m, geni/e^ and /ig/ji ; I call that a 

 frm ox Jieady Hancl^ whofe Feeling correfponds exadly with 

 the Feeling in the Horfe's Mouth, and which confifts in a 

 certain Degree of Steadinefs, which conftitutes the juft Corre- 

 fpondence between the Hand and the Horfe's Mouth, which 

 every Horfeman wifiies to find. 



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