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Athletic sports and recreations for boys.. (1861)

Wood, John George, 1827-1889. [from old catalog] · London, New York, Routledge, Warne, and Routledge · leaf 38

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Swinging.—The next feat is called the swing. While suspendedbetween the bars, v/ith the knees straight and the feet touching eachother, begin to swing the body backwards and forwards. By de- … grees increase the swing, until the body, when swinging backwards,is nearly upright in the air; and when going forwards, the feetcome nearly over the head. The Walk.—Pirst position, l^ow walk along the bars, using thehands as feet, and luheii you have reached the end, w^alk back again.It is not so…

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