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 91
i is used. SWIMMING OUT OF DEPTH, We willnow suppose our pupil to have made some progress in swimming, and to feel anxious to go into deep water. If he feel quite conscious of his own powers, he may venture a few strokes out of his depth, across a stream, for instance, which is overhead only for a… … sort. Before he ventures out of his depth, Jet him calculate his own powers, and attempt such a dis- tance only as is ‘in proportion with them. Is he able to swi half-a- n yards without dropping his feet to the ground? If so, he cross a deep place which is only half that breadth. Let him n that he…
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