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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 48

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40 GYMNASTICS. SO that the feet catch against the ropes. Let them shde down theropes, and you will be held by your insteps at the angle formed bythe junction of the ropes and the bar. I once saw a man perform thisexercise in a triangle raised fifty feet in the air. It had a moststartling effect,…

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