British Manly Exercises

10 WA L K I N G . Thus, inthis step, less of the foot may be said actively to cover the ground; the footstep is in effect rendered shorter by the difference of the length of the toes; the pace is accelerated just in proportion ; and this adoption of nearer and stronger points of support and action is essential to the increased quickness andexertion of the pace. This pacehas never been described either by dancing- masters or drill-sergeants; nothing quicker than the march has been attended to; people pass from that to the quick pace they know nothow; and hence allthe awk­ wardness and embarrassment of their walk when their pace becomes moderate, and the misery they endure when this pace has to be performed by them unaccom­ panied, up themiddle ofa long and well-lighted room, where the eyes of a brilliant assembly are exclusively di­ rected to them.—Let thosewho have felt this but attend to what we have here said: the motion of the arms and every other part dependon it. THE QUICK PACE. Here, still nearer and stronger points of support and action are chosen. The outer edge of the heelfirst touches the ground, andthe sole of the foot projects the weight. These are essential tothe increased quickness of this pace.—(Plate I. Figures 5 and 6.) An important remarkhas yet to be madeas to all these paces. The toesare successively less turned out in each.