Wonders of bodily strength and skill : in all ages and all countries (1873)
Depping, Guillaume, 1829-1901, Russell, Charles, tr · New York : Scribner, Armstrong & Co. · leaf 150
cords and naked swords. Onevariety of this exercise was the game of the leathern bottle, which consisted of leapingeither with the two feet or with only one upon a leatherbottle or bladder inflated with air or filled with wine andcovered with a coating of oil or grease. The difficulty inthis case… … Halteres used in Jumping. (From a vase in the Hamilton collection.) 144 WONDERS OF BODILY STRENGTH AND SKILL. more important competitions had taken place in running,wrestling, and pugilism. Homer makes no mention of itamong the games of the Greeks under the walls of Troy, butit was in force among…
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