Primer 17 — LEARN HOW TO SWIM · CURATED BY MICHAEL MCINNIS
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Source Material
The text and illustrations are taken from Project Gutenberg; How to Swim, American Sport Publishing Company, 1917.
Additional illustrations from Nouveau dictionnaire encyclopédique universel illustré, published Paris:
La Librairie Illustrée, 1885-1891. oldbookillustrations.com
16 Pages; 4×7; saddle-stitched
Read excerpts
The Important Point
The most important thing to remember in swimming is breathing.
The Leg Movement
The legs are moved up and down in a continuous action.
TREADING WATER
Treading water is a very useful.
SWIMMING LIKE A DOG
To swim like a dog with clothes on, with hands and feet tied and swimming under water is freeing.
PLUNGING
To become a good plunger the swimmer, first of all, has to have good lungs.
Floating
At the seashore nothing can be more pleasant than to go out beyond the breakers and float on the back and be buoyed up and down by the hidden power of the sea, and if one is tired from battling with the strong waves, it is only necessary to turn over on the back, a little farther out, on the long swell of the big rollers, and get thoroughly rested before coming in again.
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