en those, of f tei 
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3. ATHLETIC ExErcices. 
a. Fencing. 
b. Personal defence by stuffed 
gloves. 
_ ce Dum-bells. 
d. Labour, as exercise. 
4, Gymnastics. * 
Gymnastic Dress; prophylactic agents 
in their exercises, as the truss. 
qa. Running. — 
* 
- e._ Leaping by the pole. 
d. Climbing the ladder. 
the rope-ladder. 
ee eg iat 
* "The gymnastic exercises are now more important as thera-_ 
peutic agents, since establishments are in operation in c 
and this country, for performing them There is one in ; 
and one in this city under iam 
Fuller, a gentleman every 1 ‘with ad- 
y he gymnastic exercises are not only 
gorating, but they can be practised in bad weath- 
cr—and when exercise by riding, walking, ke.” 
i Another advantage they afford, is 
-. each exercise calling into action a different set of 
are ii gradation of the exertion required 
he | nt feats should a ge tried, = 
i e calling for greateractivity and energy. ° 
Bike tied ever constituted a part of the pre- 
for their violent coe age 5 thin 
however, that a gymnasium should be furnish witk several 
- le trusses, by those of lax habit, during the ex- 
se cg pegs ranking. least; and perhaps during 
ietice, will sufficiently protect — body from rupture, and’ 
then the apesgrinanes, ae may! a Stes ofl 
symnasium, as affording 
-in the winter sea- 
yes ‘There are cases in which its therapeu- 
