The round or circular Step, is when the Foot, in moving, makes a circular Figure; of this there is two ways, one outwards, and another inwards.
The waving Step, is when the Foot, in moving, turns both inwards and outwards. There are three ways of doing this, forwards, backwards, and sideways.
The beaten Step, is when one Leg or Foot is beaten against the other. Of this there are also three ways of performing, viz. forwards, backwards, and sideways.
A Step is known by the Character following, viz. a black Spot mark’d A, representing the Position of the Foot, the Line drawn from that Spot, mark’d B, shewing the Motion, Figure, and Largness of the Step, as from A to D, and lastly, by a small side Stroke join’d to the End of the Line C, representing the Foot, of which D is the Heel, and E the Point of the Foot, or Toe.
A Demonstration of all the Steps which have been before explain’d.
| A straight Step forwards. | The same backwards. |
| An open Step outwards. | The same inwards. | The same sideways. |
| A circular Step outwards. | The same inwards. |
| A waving Step forwards. | The same backwards. | The same sideways. |