1 ' GAMES.
2 vtrength iLconfers ^rhen often used, that oat Enj^iah officer was .abb
3 to 'go thioi^ it aix Imndred timos withoiit stopping, uid this op^
4 fatioD he repeated twice • dsj* Anod^r exercise is whirling a heavy
5 dub round the head, in amj that requirea the exertion of the whole
6 body. It it either done with one immense club h^ iu both haiidi»
7 or with one amaller club in each hand. A thiid ^ercise is to draw a
8 very strong bow, which has a heavy iron (^ain, instead of a string.
9 It is first drawn with the right hand, like a common bow, then thrown
10 over to the ri^ht, and drawn with the left hand, and afterwards pulled
11 down violentl\ witli both liands till the head and shoulders appear
12 between the bow and the i li iin. This last exercise only operates <m
13 the arms and chest, but tlx others strain every muiscic hi the frame.
14 There are many other t Nercises, intended to strenj^hen the whole
15 or particular parts of tiie bodv, which a judicious umter applies
16 according to t he defects of his pupil's formation.
17 The degree to which tliese exercises bring out the muscles and
18 increase the strength, h not to be believed. Though fatiguing for the
19 first few days, they afterwards occasion a plcuiurable feeling, and a
20 sensation of lightness and alacrity which lasts the whole day, and I never
21 aaw a man who had performed them long, without a large cheat, fine
22 Umbft and awelling muscles. They are one of the best inv^tiooa
23 which. Eumpe oould borrow fiom the East j and, in Sui, they bear a
24 atrong reaemblanoe to the gymnastic exerciMa of ancient Gieeoeb
25 Hie day paaaed aa deacribed tiU after dark, by whidi time tin
26 joompany had takfiD their leave ; and the baker had a good dinner of
27 pilaw' and other Fenian didiea. Mx, Dnrie did not often dine with
28 hinit nor waa there ever company $ but there afaraya sat down a par^
29 of four, which waa made up by the MooiUah, a yonng nqihew of the
30 hafcerV and an old msa, on crutches, adio waa related to him. After
31 dinner^ nobody come in but nci|^iboun$ and these were geDerally
32 Ma. Durie, and two petly Doorsnnee Khswna, who were not in the
33 army, but had lands and houses, and liTed on the rent of them. They
34 both hept horsest and Uved in a very respectable way. They weif
35 pcf&ctly good nptured, and well bred» and always behaved with great
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