RIDING RECOLLECTIONS 



Seriously, you may do worse in a difficulty, 

 when your balance is in danger, and instinct 

 prompts you to restore it, as, if a horse is 

 struggling out of a bog, has dropped his hind 

 legs in a brook, or otherwise come on his nose 

 without actually falling, nothing so impedes his 

 endeavours to ris^ht himself as a tuQ- of the bridle 

 at an inopportune moment. That instrument 

 should be used for its legitimate purposes alone, 

 and a strong seat in the saddle is the first 

 essential for a light hand on the rein. 



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