The Popular recreator. A key to in-door and out-door amusements .. (1873)
London, New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter & Galpin · leaf 228
suggested that a certain part of the centre ofthe ground should be set apart as a baulk, in which a playerwho was distant from every ball might try and lodge his ball,and if successful, might have a second shot from any part ofthe baulk at any ball he liked. The great merit of this is thatit puts a… … T is not to be wonderedat that kite-flying is ahighly popular amuse-ment. Few recreationshave so much, and nonehave more to be said intheir favour. It is to bepursued, to begin with,in the open fields andthe fresh air; it is un-attended by danger, andyet not without its ad-ventures, as when one…
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