Wood, John George, 1827-1889. [from old catalog] · London, New York, Routledge, Warne, and Routledge · leaf 69
into very shallow water at first. Inall other respects, I very strongly recommend this plan. It is muchmore independent than the machine or boat-bathing. Care should betaken to reconnoitre the spot^ as it is very unpleasant, while wadinginto deep water, to come upon sunken rocks covered with… … SKATING. Passing at once from summer to winter, we find ourselves seeking-amusement upon the surface of the water, now too hard, and formost constitutions too cold, to permit bathers to enter. The twochief ice amusements are sliding and skating. As to the former, wespeak not of it in these pages,…
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