Instructions in All Kinds of Gymnastic Exercises (extract)

23 upon the balls of the toes; the body is inclined forward; both arms are swung once forward, and once backward, and then drawn very forcibly from the rear to the front; at the samemoment the lowermem­ bers must be propelled with as much force as possible by means of a great exertion of the elastic powerof the feet. The continued Jump. —The pupil places himself at one extremity of a measured dis­ tance of from eighty to one hundred feet, and jumps as far forwardas he can, observ­ ing the same position of the body and limbs, as in the precedingexercise. From his new station, he makes another jump, and con­ tinues in this manner, as faras the other ex­ tremity of the above distance. This is a very good exercise, particularly for several musclesof the thighs. GYMNASTIC EXERCISES. The groundmust be prepared in the fol­ lowing manner. In the section given in the annexed figure. the part a, from which the spring is made,