The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 689
und in walk-ing. The stilts are held as shownin the picture. As usually made,each stilt has a stepof wood, on which afoot is placed; butsome stilts have in-stead a loop or stir-rup of leather, intowhich the foot isthrust. The latterkind is dangerous,for if the wearer tripor lose his balanceand… … may use their hands freely. The artof walking on stilts depends on theprinciples of balancing, and is bestlearned by practice. The learnershould mount at first from a stumpor fence, high enough to step atonce onto his stilts. It is impos-sible to stand still on stilts withoutthe aid of a staff, for…
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