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 696
earning to Swim. The learnershould choose, if possible, a grad-ually sloping shore with gravellyor sandy bottom, where there isno current. If he is not used tothe water, he must first accustomhimself to being under it by ly-ing down on the bottom, where itis only one or two feet deep. He will thus,… … Fig. I. open his eyes under water, and whenhe puts his head out he must re-member to breathe outward beforeinhaling, thus expelling the waterfrom his nostrils. After he has ac-quired confidence, he should wadeout to a depth of about four feet,and try to swim to shore, using thesimple chest stroke,…
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