For playground, field, and forest; the outdoor handy book (1900)
Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 128
on the ground would beunable to detect him, and they can wade a stream dry shod,or, rather, with dry feet, for I believe they wear no shoes. In fact, Dicks stilts, strapped on his sturdy legs (Figs. 74and 81), are only amodification of theseshepherds woodenlegs, and, if we giveDick the… … no spring of the free use of the hands. Gadabouts are sometimesused in Brooklyn, but I have never seen them in New York. Best for the Boys. The long-armed, strapless stilts of the girl boys arefirst-rate for beginners. The hand-stilts are good all-roundwalkers, and the gadabouts are the best for…
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