British manly exercises : in which rowing and sailing are now first described; and riding and driving are for the first time given in a work of this kind ... / by Donald Walker.

  • Walker, Donald, active 1840.
Date:
1834
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Credit: British manly exercises : in which rowing and sailing are now first described; and riding and driving are for the first time given in a work of this kind ... / by Donald Walker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the right leg and foot to be so managed that the rope keeps! its proper winding whenever it is quitted by the left foot. ' In descending, to prevent injury, the hands must be« lowered alternately. To rest upon the upright rope, shewn in Plate VIII. Fi- gure 11, the climber must swing the right foot round the rope, so as to wind it three or four times round the leg; must turn it, by means of the left foot, once or twice round the right one, of which the toes are to be bent upwards ; and] must tread firmly with the left foot upon the last winding. Or, to obtain a more perfect rest, he may lower his hands along the rope, as in Figure 11, hold with the right hand, stoop, grasp with the left the part of the rope below the feet, raise it and himself again, and wind it round his shoulders, etc. until he is firmly supported. The Oblique Rope. The climber must fix himself to the rope, as in Plate VIII. Figure 12, and advance the hands along it, as already directed. The feet may move along the rope alternately ; or one leg, hanging over the rope, may slide along it; ot, which is best, the sole of one foot may be laid upon the rope, and the other leg across its instep, so that the friction is not felt. The Level Rope. This may have its ends fastened to posts of equal heights; - and the same exercises may be performed upon it.
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