CONTENTS.

IMPORTANCE OF PHYSICAL EXERCISES.
Page
General Directions[6]
Training[8]
Position[18]
Extension Motions[20]
The Indian Club Exercises[22]
LOCOMOTIVE EXERCISES.
The Balance Step[28]
Walking[29]
General Mechanism of Walking[31]
The Slow Walk or March[32]
The Moderate and the Quick Pace[32]
The Moderate Pace[33]
The Quick Pace[33]
Slow Step[35]
Quick Step[35]
Double March[35]
Feats in Walking[36]
Running[37]
Position in Running[38]
Action in Running[38]
Respiration[39]
Moderate Running[39]
Rapid Running[40]
Feats in Running[41]
Effects of Running[41]
Leaping[42]
The High Leap[42]
Feats in High Leaping[42]
The Long Leap[44]
Feats in Long Leaping[44]
The Deep Leap[45]
The Deep Leap backwards from a rest on the hands[46]
Vaulting[48]
Oblique Vaulting[48]
Straight-forward Vaulting[49]
Leaping with a Pole[50]
The High Leap with a Pole[50]
The Long Leap with a Pole[54]
The Deep Leap with a Pole[55]
Balancing[56]
Position and Action in Balancing[56]
Turns in Balancing[57]
Carrying Weight[57]
Throwing the Discus[60]
Climbing, in all its divisions[64]
Skating[69]
Construction of the Skate[69]
Dress of the Skater[72]
Preliminary and General Directions[72]
The Ordinary Run, or Inside Edge Forward[73]
The Forward Roll, or Outside Edge[75]
Figure of Three, or Inside Edge Backward[76]
Outside Edge Backward[77]
The Back Roll[78]
Dangers of Skating[80]
Treatment of Drowned Persons[80]
AQUATIC EXERCISES
Swimming[82]
Preparatory Instructions[83]
Place and time for Swimming[85]
Dress[86]
Aids[86]
Cramp[87]
Entering the Water[88]
Buoyancy in the Water[88]
Attitude and Action in the Water[91]
Respiration in Swimming[91]
Coming out of the Water[92]
Upright Swimming[92]
Treading Water[95]
Back Swimming[95]
Floating[96]
Side Swimming[97]
Plunging[97]
Diving[98]
Thrusting[99]
Springing[99]
One-arm Swimming[100]
Feats in Swimming[100]
Rowing, in all its kinds[101]
Sailing, with notices of the Yacht Clubs, and General Directions[106]
RIDING.
The Horse and Equipments[122]
Mounting and Dismounting[125]
The Seat[129]
The Balance[131]
The Rein Hold[132]
The Correspondence[134]
The Action[135]
The Hand[136]
The Aids[138]
Animations, Soothings, and Corrections[142]
The Walk[144]
The Trot[147]
Road Riding[150]
The Gallop[152]
Leaping[156]
Critical Situations[159]
Treatment of the Horse[165]
Driving[170]
The Road[175]
Carriages[176]
Coach Horses[178]
Harness[185]
Relative Prices of Horses[189]
Coachmen[193]
Mounting and Dismounting[198]
The Seat[199]
Starting[199]
The Paces[200]
The Time[201]
The Whip[202]
Thoroughfares, Passing, &c.[207]
Ascending and Descending Hills[208]
The Turnings[213]
The Ranks in Town[214]
Stops[215]
Accidents to Horses[215]
Accidents to Coaches[217]
Obstructions, Offences, and Injuries[221]
Racing[223]
Hunting[239]
Shooting[253]

LIST OF PLATES.

[FRONTISPIECE.]
[Vignette.]
Plates.
[I.]Position—Extension Motions.
[II.] to [VII.]Indian Club Exercises.
[VIII.]Walking.
[IX.]Running.
[X.]Leaping.
[XI.]Vaulting.
[XII.] & [XIII.]Pole Leaping.
[XIV.] & [XV.]Balancing.
[XVI.]Carrying Weight.
[XVII.]Throwing the Discus.
[XVIII.]Climbing.
[XIX.]Skating.
[XX.]Swimming—Attitude.
[XXI.]Swimming—Action of the Hands.
[XXII.]Swimming—Action of the Feet.
[XXIII.]Swimming—Buoyancy in Water—Treading Water.
[XXIV.]Swimming—Back Swimming.
[XXV.]Swimming—Side Swimming—Floating.
[XXVI.]Swimming—Plunging.
[XXVII.]Swimming—Diving.
[XXVIII.]Swimming—Thrusting.
[XXIX.]Rowing—Fig. I. Beginning of the Pull.
Rowing—Fig. II. Middle of the Pull.
[XXX.]Rowing—Fig. I. End of the Pull.—Fig. II. Return of Sculls.
[XXXI.]Fig. I. Mariner’s Compass.—Fig. II. Plan of a Vessel’s Deck.
[XXXII.]Fig. I. Parts of a Pleasure Boat at Anchor.
Fig. II. Boat before a Light Breeze.
[XXXIII.]Fig. I. Boat with Breeze on Larboard Beam.
Fig. II. Boat close to the Wind on Starboard Tack.
[XXXIV.]Horse Equipments.
[XXXV.]Fig. I. Parts of the Horse.—Fig. II. First View of Mounting.
[XXXVI.]Fig. I. Second View of Mounting.—Fig. II. The Seat.
[XXXVII.]The Rein Hold.
[XXXVIII.]Fig. I. The Walk.—Fig. II. The Stop.
[XXXIX.]Fig. I. The Trot.—Fig. II. Road Riding.
[XL.]The Canter.
[XLI.]The Rise in Leaping,
[XLII.]The Fall in Leaping.
[XLIII.]Four Horse Harness.
[XLIV.]The Rein Hold in Driving.

IMPORTANCE OF PHYSICAL EXERCISES.

Education may be divided into two parts, physical and mental. Of the former, Exercises or Gymnastics are the most extensive and the earliest portion.

Their extent is learnt by an enumeration of them, viz., Walking, Running, Leaping, Vaulting, Pole-leaping, Balancing, Skating, Carrying, Climbing, and Swimming. We have added Throwing the Discus; and, in a course of British Exercises, we think Rowing, Sailing, Riding, and Driving, would be very improperly omitted.