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PRINCIPLES OF 



P. IT, 



one will answer for the other, taking only the 

 right hand for the left, and the left for the 

 right, and when mounted, shifting the bridle 

 instead of the whip. 



When the learner has been practised a 

 few times in the motions of Mounting and 

 Dismounting, he should, when mounted, be 

 taught to take up the stirrups, and to fasten 

 them in front of the saddle, over the horse's 

 neck. 



Section II. — Of Mounting and Dismounting 

 without Stirrups. 



In mounting without stirrups — After taking 

 up the reins, instead of seizing the mane, the 

 pupil is to lay hold of the pummel and cantle 

 of the saddle, and mount by a spring of both 

 legs from the insteps, by which means the 

 body is raised to the centre of the saddle. 

 By a second spring of both arms, the leg is 

 carried over the horse, and the man enters 

 his proper seat by closing the knees on the 

 saddle, and sliding gently into it. 



