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trot, which is the foundation of it, only by 

 the extreme union of the horse, by the action 

 being raised before and lowered behind, by 

 his keeping his legs longer in the air, and 

 lifting them both equally high, and by being 

 neither so quick nor violent as in the action 

 of the trot. 



In the Passage which is founded on the 

 walk, the action of the horse is nevertheless 

 the same as in the trot, and consequently the 

 same as in the walk, with this difference, that 

 the horse lifts his fore feet a good deal higher 

 than his hinder, and that he marks a certain 

 time or interval sufficiently long between the 

 motion of each leg ; his action being much 

 more together and shortened, more distinct 

 and slow than the ordinary walk, and not so 

 extended as in the trot, in such a manner, 

 that he is, as it were, kept together and sup- 

 ported under himself. 



There is another sort of Passage to which 

 the trot likewise gives birth, and in which the 

 action is so quick, so diligent, and so sup- 



