WHY PERSONS ARE DROWNED.
Persons are drowned by raising their aras aboye water, the un-* buayeA weight of which depressea ] the hea,d. VHThen at man ■ falls into, deep waj;er he. will rise to. the sur, face, aud will continue there if he doea not elevate hia hands. If he* moyess hia hauds under the water any way he pleases Ms heftd wilt rise so high a^ to allow hitnftfllHberty ta breathe, and if he will use his legs as in the aot o| walking up-stairs, his shoulders will rise above the watery so, ttiajb he may use less exertion writh l|is haknds > or apply then* to another purpose. These plain directions are isecoininended to the. recollection of those who have uo t learned to s\yimr in their youth, as. they J&ay be found highly advan* tageous in preseryiftg valuftblcj lite>.
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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 60, 8 May 1878, Page 2
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