Boys' own book : a complete encyclopedia of athletic, scientific, outdoor, and indoor sports (1881)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838 · New York : J. Miller, Publisher · leaf 136
nd put forward by theaction of the legs. A superior mode of making stilts is bysubstituting a piece of wood, flat on the upper surface, forthe leather loop ; the foot rests on and is fastened by a strapto it ; a piece of leather or rope is also nailed to the stilt,and passed round the leg just… … 124 boys owjst book. FENCING. Wouldst have thy son acquire a graceful port,A manly bearing ;—make his eye acuteAs that of the hawk, and his young limbs vieWith those of roe-bucks in agility ?—The noble art of Fencing let him learn. In those days when a small sword was an indispensableornament to…
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