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Having been unable to find any reference to this 

 method in the work of Col. Amoros, or to hear 

 anything of it when in France, a number of years 

 ago, we are inclined to think, that, as probably 

 was the case with the motions of the manual of 

 arms, the seat on horseback, &c., the method was 

 derived from a description of the way in which 

 some perfectly formed man naturally accomplished 

 the action in filHng his own chest and thus setting 

 himself, up. In this case, very probably, the in- 

 structor. 



His directions may, we believe, although per- 

 haps not in his own \\iords, be correctly stated as 

 follows : 



(1.) " Place the feet parallel to each other, and 

 together, throughout their length." 



(2.) " Hold the head in its ordinary position, 

 and free, but keep both it and the chest well for- 

 ward, so as to bring the weight of the body on to 

 the front part of the feet." 



(3.) " Take a full breath through the mouth." 



(4.) " Close the mouth, retaining the air thus 

 taken in. Raise the chin only sufficiently to keep 

 the balance of the body forward, without rising on 

 the toes, and push ivith the upper front part of the 

 chest forward and upiuard^ 



