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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 210

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tators. Tt is clear that this sport must impress on thecharacter of the Norwegian boy an individualitydistinctly its own. No sport, in my opinion, re-quires such strength and persistence as skeeing:while the jumping also demands nerve and pres-ence of mind. The most accomplished jumpermay have… … ^ f bl H I.ICS 1 III; A MUJltM Ti of the seconds in his wild rush down the hilland through the air that determines whetherhe shall succeed in out-leaping his rivals or not. The possibility of keeping ones balancewhile shooting through the frosty air naturallydepends greatly upon the pressure of the…

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