A System of Physical Education, Theoretical and Practical (extract)

19~ EXERCISES OF PROGRESSION. [SECT. II. front, the palms of the hands upwards, the fingers and thumbs meeting ; or with the palm of the right hand downwards. 1. Advance the right foot to the edge of the mark, ad- vance the butt of the pole to the utmost reach, and fix it on the ground without displacing the feet or changing the grasp of the hands (Fig. 1). Fig. 1. Fig. 2. 2. Spring from the feet, and pass by the left of the pole, the whole body with the lower limbs straight and extended in one line when pa sing the pole (Fig. 2); descend yielding, and as the feet meet the ground raise the pole to the balance. This exercise to be repeated, advancing the left foot to the mark, the left hand to the front, and passing by the right of the pole.