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PRINCIPLES OF 



P. III. 



the master hold the longe, and the pupil, 

 abandoning the government of him to the 

 master, ride him to both sides with his hands 

 behind him. This will very soon settle him 

 with firmness in the saddle, will advance his 

 waist, will place his head, will stretch him 

 down in the saddle, will teach him to lean 

 gently to the side to which he turns, so as to 

 unite himself to his horse, and go with him, 

 and will give that firmness, ease, and just 

 poise of the body which constitute a perfect 

 seat, founded in truth and nature, and upon 

 principles so certain, that whoever shall think 

 fit to reduce them to practice, will find them 

 confirmed and justified by it- 



Plates V. VI. and IV. examined in suc- 

 cession illustrate the Seat. 



The seat of the eastern people appears to 

 have been nearly the same in ancient as in 

 modern times. Plate VII. is supposed to 

 represent Darius, saluted King of Persia, 

 when he had gained the empire by the neigh- 

 ino- of his horse. These nations have, in all 



