British Manly Exercises

8 POSITION IN WALKING. The head should be upright, easy, and capable of free motion, right, left, up, or down, without affectingthepo­ sition of the body. The latter shouldbe upright, having the breast projected, and the stomach retracted, though not so as to injureeither freedom of respiration, or ease of attitude. The shoulders shouldbe kept moderately and equally back and low; andthe arras should hang unconstrainedly by the sides. The knees should be straight; the toes should form nearly half a right angle with the line of walk; andthe weightof the body should rest principally on the balls of the feet. THE SLOW WALK, OR MARCH. This would perhaps,like theothers, have escaped the descriptionof gymnasiarchs, if military movements hud not rendered such negligence impossible. In the march,one foot, theleft forinstance, is advanced, with the knee straight,and thetoe inclined to the ground, which it touches before the heel; the right foot is then immediately raised, and similarly advanced, inclined, and broughtto the ground; and so on in succession. Careis taken to keep the sole, at the conclusion of tlie step, nearlyparallel with the ground; to touch the ground first with theouter edge ; and to risefromthe inner edge of the toe.—(Plate I. Figures 1 and 2.) This pace should be practised until it can be firmly and gracefully performed. 3