CHAPTER IV.

MOUNTING AND DISMOUNTING.

Timidity in presence of a horse should be overcome.--First attempts at mounting.--Mounting from a horse-block.--Mounting from the ground.--Mounting with assistance from a gentleman; how this is effected.--What the gentleman must do.--A restive horse while mounting; how to be managed.--Attractiveness of correct mounting.--To dismount with assistance from a gentleman; what the gentleman must do.--Attentions to the skirt both while mounting and dismounting.--Dismounting without aid; upon the ground; upon a very low horse-block.--Concluding remarks. 99