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Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 299
down, fingers straight, close together, and pointingin the direction you are about to move. Next shove thetwo hands straight out in front of you, keeping yourthumbs touching. As your hands are pushed forward kickbackward with your legs, as previously described. Whenthe knees are straight the legs… … Fig. 250.—End of Sweep (Wooden Swimming Master), Grape Vine Cable. In this pose you will shoot through the water some dis-tance, and not until your speed begins to slacken per-ceptibly must you sweep your hands to the right and tothe left with the palms slightly hollowed, and bearing downhard…
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