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From a Half-way House between Cambridge and Newmarket.

26, 1789.

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Having long been earnestly engaged in the study of mathematical science, and being fond of riding, two pursuits usually thought incompatible, I have been enabled, by means of this singular union, to strike out some important discoveries in both branches. The mathematical improvements in riding will, I hope, deserve a place in the Annals of Horsemanship: my equestrian discoveries in mathematics you must permit me to reserve for the Ladies Diary.

My love for equestrian agitation is, I believe, more general than that of any other person; for whatever satisfaction may be