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 96
ner, should no help be at hand. If you haveone leg only attacked, you may drive yourself forward with the other. In order to endow you with confidence in a moment of danger from an attack of the cramp, occasionally try to swim with one leg, or a leg and a hand, or the two hands only, and you will… … applying one hand to ; each hip of his compan- — ion. A person, it is said, had the pleasure of saving a friend from drown ' ing, by these means: it is attended, however, with considerable r cially if the person you venture to rescue should lose his pi f being drowned. which is too often the case…
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