Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 495
TEACHING CHILDREN TO BE AT HOME IN THE WATER. FIRST LESSON: BREATHINGIN THROUGH THE MOUTH, ABOVE THE WATER—TIME, ONE SECOND to an imaginary water-level. The back ishollowed, the chest is thrown out. In all themotions, the elbow must be out from theribs. The palm of the hand must face rear- the… … SECOND LESSON: BREATHING OUT BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE WATER, THROUGHTHE NOSE, WITH MOUTH CLOSED. TIME, TEN SECONDS ward. The hands are flat and firm. Themotions are continuous. All pressure is tothe rear, not to the front. The arms moveregularly and continuously and rather like awindmill, though…
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