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Jeaft ability without the dexterity of the body ; 

 and confequently th^y are to be attained by 

 prafcice only. Such are, 

 j. Dancing. 



2. Riding. 



3. Fencing. 



4. Leap' 



5. \Vreltling. 



6. 'Swimming. 



7. Shooting. 



fc. Games of addrefs, &c. To which may 

 be added, 



9. The art of drawing and raifing fortifica- 

 tions on the ground , that of turning j 

 of forming and pojiihing optic glaffes, 

 &c. 



. We fhall fee, in the twenty- fifth chapter 

 or this book, that many fovereigns have found- 

 ed particular academics where thefe exerciies arc 

 hr, either folely to the young nobility and 

 'gentry, or to the citizens in general : or that 

 -pointed matters in the colleges for 

 .rpofe. Thefe arts cannot certainly 

 without mutters , and it is no fmall 

 advantage to ith Inch as proceed on clear 



and folid print i Icf livery one who applies 

 c ftudy of the fciences, would do 

 apart fome hours in the day for 

 d ought not to regard thofe hours 

 :t, but ., < ( >ns that are 



even more ufeful than agreeable. 



V. The 



