It is no odds if I do tumble off." "Shake your rein a little.

The horse will understand it," Anwar said.
Dick did so, and Murad at once started at a gentle canter.

Easy as it was, Dick thought several times that he would be off.

However, he gripped as tightly as he could with his knees, and as he became accustomed to the motion, and learned to give to it, acquired ease and confidence.

He was not, however, sorry when, at the end of another half hour, Anwar held up his hand as he approached him, and the horse stopped at the slightest touch of the rein.
As he slid off, his legs felt as if they did not belong to him, and his back ached so that he could scarce straighten it.