SHOOTING 253 LIST OF PLATES. FRONTISPIECE. VIGNETTE. PLATES. I. Position--Extension Motions. II. to VII. Indian Club Exercises. VIII. Walking. IX. Running. X. Leaping. XI. Vaulting. XII. & XIII. Pole Leaping. XIV. & XV. Balancing. XVI. Carrying Weight. XVII. Throwing the Discus. XVIII. Climbing. XIX. Skating. XX. Swimming--Attitude. XXI. Swimming--Action of the Hands. XXII. Swimming--Action of the Feet. XXIII. Swimming--Buoyancy in Water--Treading Water. XXIV. Swimming--Back Swimming. XXV. Swimming--Side Swimming--Floating. XXVI. Swimming--Plunging. XXVII. Swimming--Diving. XXVIII. Swimming--Thrusting. XXIX. Rowing--Fig. I. Beginning of the Pull. Rowing--Fig. II. Middle of the Pull. XXX. Rowing--Fig. I. End of the Pull.--Fig. II. Return of Sculls. XXXI. Fig. I. Mariner’s Compass.--Fig. II. Plan of a Vessel’s Deck. XXXII. Fig. I. Parts of a Pleasure Boat at Anchor. Fig. II. Boat before a Light Breeze. XXXIII. Fig. I. Boat with Breeze on Larboard Beam. Fig. II. Boat close to the Wind on Starboard Tack. XXXIV. Horse Equipments. XXXV. Fig. I. Parts of the Horse.--Fig. II. First View of Mounting. XXXVI. Fig. I. Second View of Mounting.--Fig. II. The Seat. XXXVII. The Rein Hold. XXXVIII. Fig. I. The Walk.--Fig. II. The Stop. XXXIX. Fig. I. The Trot.--Fig. II. Road Riding. XL. The Canter. XLI. The Rise in Leaping, XLII. The Fall in Leaping. XLIII. Four Horse Harness. XLIV. The Rein Hold in Driving. [Illustration] IMPORTANCE OF PHYSICAL EXERCISES. EDUCATION may be divided into two parts, physical and mental. Of the former, EXERCISES or GYMNASTICS are the most extensive and the earliest portion. THEIR EXTENT is learnt by an enumeration of them, viz., Walking, Running, Leaping, Vaulting, Pole-leaping, Balancing, Skating, Carrying, Climbing, and Swimming. We have added Throwing the Discus; and, in a course of British Exercises, we think Rowing, Sailing, Riding, and Driving, would be very improperly omitted. The object of these Exercises is to strengthen the muscular system, by subjecting it to a regular process of training, and to teach the means of employing it most advantageously. The expediency of their early acquisition is rendered evident by the first tendency of youth being directed to them, by the rapid progress made in them, and by the delight derived from them, at a period when the body is incapable, with real or solid advantage, of higher acquirements.