Instructions in All Kinds of Gymnastic Exercises (extract)

CHAPTER I. . n c l . walking. It may appear at first sight a very un­ necessary labour to give instructions in walking—the most common and natural exercise of the body, which the man is taught in his infancy, and which heputs in practice everyday of his life. One question will set the matter at rest. How many of your acquaintance walk well ? Every one will answer surprisingly few.One stoops in the shoulders, another sinks in the back, another slackens the knee as if he would kneel at everysteep, others have a jump in their gait, others again drag the bodyheavily along, while the limbs are twitchingnimbly b