The Make and mend club. A story of boys' adventures, sports and experiments (1883)
Van Orden, Howard · New York, A. Sibley · leaf 112
THE MAKE AND MEND CLUB. 104 PIATNGTNG AND DIVING. There are two kinds of plunging; that belonging to shallow, and that belonging to deep water. In shallow-water plunging, the learner should fling himself as far forward as possible into the Fig. 84. stream at a very oblique angle ; and when he… … Fig. 85. In the deep-water plunge, his body is to descend at a greater angle; his arms are to be stretched out, his hands closed and pointed, and his body bent, so that his nose almost touches his toes. (Fig. 85.) SWIMMING ON THE SIDE. In this the body is turned either on the left or right side,…
Handicraft for boys · Amusements · Sports
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