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Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 493
l Frog. This consists of a circle cut by skat-ing spread-eagle forward and by makinga succession of leaps. When the writerAvas still a boy of fourteen or fifteenyears, it was considered the best of funfor five or six boys to group themselves in the centre ofthe skating pond or river and do the bull… … Fig. 410.—Spread Eaglein Proper Form. How the Bull Frogs Jump. Spread your toes out spread-eagle fashion. Then leapinto the air by raising yourself first on your toes andthen springing from them. This is done all in one move-ment. The slightest possible inclination to the rightwill cause you to…
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