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This, then, is the general position on horse- 

 back, when the horse stands still or is moving 

 at a walk. 



Section IV. — Concluding Remarks. 



It is ever to be understood, that the man and 

 the horse are to be of a piece. In other 

 words, when the horse is at liberty and dis- 

 united, then the rider, in like manner, sits at 

 his ease, and may be said to be disunited ; 

 and as he begins to collect and unite his horse, 

 so he collects and unites himself. When the 

 rider is pressing a horse to the union, and 

 drawing from him the most elegant attitude 

 and lofty action, the rider's attitude must like- 

 wise be in the extreme of elegance, and his 

 exertions in the same proportion as that of 

 the horse. 



We may conclude by observing with Be- 

 renger, that the seat alone may be cultivated 

 for some time ; and when the scholar m 

 arrived at a certain degree of firmness and 

 confidence^ if the horse can be trusted, let 



