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He waved his thin, bare, white arms as he leapt, his chest grew pink with the exercise. Now he felt he was doing something that became a member of his Sportverein. Down we went, jumping, running, britching. It was wonderful on this south side, so sunny, with feathery trees and deep black shadows. It reminded me of Goethe, of the romantic period: Kennst du das Land, wo die Citronen bluehen?
Heeres a stirre thought I to my selfe after I was set at libertie, that is worse than an vpbrayding lesson after a britching: certainly if I had bethought mee like a rascall as I was, hee should haue had an auemarie of mee for his cynicke exhortation. God plagud mee for deriding such a graue fatherly aduertiser. List the worst throw of ill luckes.
We left a field of pale blue flax on the left a "blue pool" indeed; and about this point the donkey's pack, which had no breastplate, slipped over its tail; but Mohammed's knife, and some string, and the britching, put all to rights for the time being. Later on a stirrup-leather broke.
He rose in his britching and then the other end of him come up and he acted like he wanted to set down on the singletree!" "Why did he do that?" asked Custer. "Well, I guess you've got some few things to learn, Custer;" said Mr. Shrimplin indulgently. "He smelt blood that's what he smelt!" "Oh!" gasped Custer. "I've knowed it to happen before. It's instinct," explained Shrimplin.
We rode, as usual, on the high-peaked Moorish saddles, covered with scarlet cloth, such as every Moor uses the stirrup-leathers of twisted scarlet silk, several thick saddle-cloths underneath, the girths never drawn, the saddle only kept from slipping over head or tail by scarlet britching and breastplate. It is impossible to mount unless the stirrup is held.
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