Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898, Peek, Hedley, Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 416
he competitors having to cross clefts andravines, hillocks and mounds in turn, a roadwith every possible kind of obstacle beingchosen to tax the proficiency of the performers.Along the flat the skilober shuffles, at each stepaccomplishing a distance of several feet; downthe hill side they glide… … Learning to Jump. hair stockings and strangely comfortable bootsthick gaiters are worn. It is necessary to keepthe feet and legs warm in such a cold land asNorway, where the mercury freezes in the ther-mometers, and snow six or seven feet deepcovers the land sometimes for months together.Such cold…
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