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The boy's own book; (1834)

[Clarke, William], 1800-1838 · Boston, Munroe and Francis · leaf 68

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is a very beneficial exercise. Fix a beam firmly in the ground, witha strong iron cap, that moves in a circular horizontal position, at the top ofit; four ropes are to be fixed to the cap, and bars of wood fastened at thebottom of the ropes, which are to be taken hold of, and the pupils vaultround,… … GYMNASTIC RECREATIONS. The following Recreations of skill and agility, will, we have no doubt,prove highly attractive to our youthful readers ; they are, with two or threeexceptions, entirely distinct from the usual Gymnastic Exercises; and willhe found, on account of their being less formal,, more…

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