It was bridled but unsaddled, and Anwar gave a few instructions to Dick, and then said: "I will help you up, but in a short time you will learn to vault on to his back, without any assistance.

See! you gather your reins so, in your left hand, place your right hand on its shoulder, and then spring up." "I can do that now," Dick laughed, and, placing his hand on the horse's shoulder, he lightly vaulted into his seat.
"Well done, Dick," the Rajah said, while the two boys, who had been looking on with amused faces, clapped their hands.
"Now, Sahib," Anwar went on, "you must let your legs hang easily.
Press with your knees, and let your body sway slightly with the movement of the horse.

Balance yourself, rather than try to hold on." "I understand," Dick said.

"It is just as you do on board ship, when she is rolling a bit.

Let go the reins." For half an hour the horse proceeded, at a walk, along the road that wound in and out through the park-like grounds.
"I begin to feel quite at home," Dick said, at the end of that time.
"I should like to go a bit faster now.