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 95
SWIMMING, 91 money thrown into the sea, and even overtaking the nail or.coin before it has reached the bottom. | Diving may be performed from the surface of the water when swim- ming, by merely turning the head downward, and striking upward with the legs. It is, howev- … neath the surface. If he os the bottom, he has only to turn his head upward, spring from the ground with his feet, and he will soon arrive at the surface. If desirous of making a more rapid ascent, he should strike downward with his feet, pull- ing the water above him toward his head with one hand,…
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