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is indicated; otherwise a similar totter will 

 occur. The latter shot is indeed always the 

 most difficult; and to a man standing, or rather 

 stuck fast, upon untutored legs, generally im- 

 practicable: but if you acquire a habit of 

 making a shot to the left, or ahead, with the 

 body thrown upon the left limb, and a shot to 

 the right, with its poise kept back upon the right 

 limb, you will almost entirely overcome this 

 difficulty. You may recollect that I very early 

 placed, and left you for some time standing, to 

 find out " the balance of your position." It is 

 of importance that a man should find out this 

 balance of himself upon his lower limbs, with 

 an easy command of transition into a support 

 on either; somewhat in the way which has 

 been found expedient in the use of the small 

 sword ; to which attitude, so far as these limbs 

 are concerned only with the exchange of sides 

 in advance, the position I threw you into, in 

 taking form, is not without its resemblance : 

 and I confess I should have no objection, that 

 my pupil in the field should have previously 

 found the use of his limbs under the discipline 

 of a fencing school. It is an observation of the 

 celebrated Mareschal Saxe, " that the legs of a 

 soldier are of infinitely more importance than 

 his arms." I am not competent to decide upon 



