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 90
ld be within a few degrees of horizontal. The plank has another advantage over the rope ; it is more steady in the water, and offers sufficient resistance to induce, and even to assist, the young beginner, as a point d’appui, to strike out vigorously with his legs. The rope is, in fact, of more… … drawn gradually, and at last, altogether, so that the ‘earner may feel almost insensible of its departure, and restored in an instant, f exertion renders him too weak to support himself. A tall, strong youth, cer a grown-up person, takes the little learner in his arms, and goes into the water…
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