How to Swim.
There ti really no. mystery m learning to swim— an accomplishment wl:ich is possessed m perfection by the most stupid of frogs. More than once 1 have explained how anyone can teach himselt. The trunk less the areas, is heavier than the water ; with the arms, it is lighter; all, therefore, that a person h*s to do is to acquire the habit of drawing m the breath when he 13 preparing to make a atroke, and expolling it when he is making; it. Let any one- do this and keep calm, and he will find that he can swim. But, per' haps, it is better to acquire confidence by a preliminary course of floating. To do this it is only necessary to lie flat On the water, stretch out the arms with the palms of the hands downward, throw back the head, and whenever the tody sinks low, slowly to fill the lungs with air.— London Truth.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 36, 8 January 1883, Page 3
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160How to Swim. Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 36, 8 January 1883, Page 3
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