Boys' own book : a complete encyclopedia of athletic, scientific, outdoor, and indoor sports (1881)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838 · New York : J. Miller, Publisher · leaf 90
rst. DIVING. Diving, by practice, may be carried to astonishing perfec-tion. Pearls are brought up from the bottom of the sea bydivers who are trained to remain a considerable time underwater. In ancient times, divers were employed in war todestroy the ships of the enemy; and many instances are… … Diving may be performed from the surface of the waterwhen swimming, by merely turning the head downward, and striking upwardwith the legs. It is,however, much bet-ter, to leap in, withthe hands closedabove the head, andhead foremost, froma pier, boat or raisedbank. By merely striking with the feet,…
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