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run into, if geometrically measured with regard 

 to the position of your eye, would partake of 

 that curve, I have given a preference to this 

 measured shot by contact of the lines, rather 

 than that of deliberate pursuit ; in which pre- 

 ference, without thus ascertaining the reasons, 

 I believe that the generality of professors do 

 practically agree with me. In my order for 

 your general attitude of " takng form upon the 

 present," I have given nearly that which conve- 

 nience has established in general practice ; viz. 

 with the poise of the body thrown forward 

 almost entirely upon the left leg. In the course 

 of my observation made on that practice, I have 

 had occasion to perceive, that the position is 

 frequently taken, with the left foot at a consider- 

 able angle inwards, evincing that the limb has 

 never had its action cultivated under the eye of 

 a dancing master. But it has far worse faults 

 than the leaving a man open to such a discovery ; 

 for, throw the poise of your body upon that 

 limb, and you will perceive, with your toe 

 inwards, if the bird take flight to the left, that 

 you are immediately tottering in your attempt 

 to follow it with the present ; and it is for this 

 reason, that the forward direction of the left 

 foot has been insisted on; whilst, for the similar 

 convenience of pursuing a flight to the right 

 hand, the rectangular position of the right foot 



