The boy's own book; a complete encylopedia of all the diversion, athletic, scientific and recreative, of boyhood and youth. (1834)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838, McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) · Boston, Munroe and Francis; New York, C. S. Francis, 1834. · leaf 85
SWIMMING. 81 … PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS. . WE will now suppose one of our young friends by the side of a stream, and anxious to take his first lesson in the art of swimming. If he have any friend or companion with him, who is at once competent and willing to give him the necessary directions, he will do well to…
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