For playground, field, and forest; the outdoor handy book (1900)
Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 125
ink thewearing of heavyshoes is a properpreparation of thefoot for such uses. Tattooed Stilt-Walkers. The first travel-lers who visited theMarquesas Islandsfound them peopled with a magnificent race, of which everymember was an athlete ; an artistic race whose beautifulclothes lasted until death… … Figs. 76 and 77.—The Little Japs Odd Stilts. up in the Air on Stilts 107 tips of their toes. One of the chiefs, when measured, wasfound to stand six feet eight inches in his bare feet. They were great stilt-walkers, and went through per-formances which would excite the envy of any modernacrobat.…
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