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Riding, are totally ignorant that any such art, or rather science, exists. For the benefit of these, I propose publishing a Treatise on Horsemanship, confined to the lower classes of life.

The first part I shall dedicate to the instruction of that very numerous and brilliant fraternity, called London Riders, or Bagsters; who cut, or rather (as my Lord Chesterfield will have it) make so smart a figure in a country town; for these gentlemen, I propose to point out and demonstrate, from irrefragable principles, the handsomest manner of riding behind their bags, with the genteelest method of rolling, strapping, and carrying their great coats. In a short digression, and a few marginal notes, I intend to drop some hints, instructing butchers in the smartest fashion. of carrying a tray, whether loaded or empty.

I shall likewise risque a few thoughts respecting the theory and practice of the art of riding before a lady on a double horse, vul-