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Chapter 4 SOME OTHER SPRING AMUSEMENTS, NOT FORGETTING STILTS

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ery sure they will never go out of fashion with the young folk who delight in a g

m a bit old-fashioned-I much prefer the well-made, wooden hoop with a wooden stick. Why, I've had no e

s. Small light wheels-they can be had from a retired baby carriage-are excellent things to trundle, and some of them requi

near the center of the tin. Through both openings a string was passed and the ends tied. By trowling, the strings-its ends were held one in each han

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his is the way: Get a piece of thin sole leather, about four inches square. Trim off the corners till the shape is near

soak the leather till it is soft. Next find quite a flat stone or brick, force the sucker to the top with your foot, taking care that there is no turned edge, then you

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ver used-I was brought up on a farm-I cut "with my little hatchet." They were made from two beech saplings, with the section of a branch retained at the same height on each f

eaves both hands free. Any boy with tools, timber and leather for straps can make "Gadabouts," and the arm stilt is still simpler. The natives of the Marquesas Islands use very high stilts, and they become so expert in their use as to dance with them and to wear them in wrestling matches. The shepherds on th

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and are strapped securely about the thighs. These can be m

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Contents

Chapter 1 MARBLES: WHERE MADE; TERMS OF THE GAMES; DIFFERENT GAMES; HOW TO ACQUIRE SKILL Chapter 2 WHIP TOPS, PEG TOPS, HUMMING TOPS AND SOME TOP GAMES Chapter 3 KITES WHERE FOUND; HOW MADE; THEIR PRACTICAL USES; CLOSELY RELATED TO AEROPLANES-A GREAT SPORT Chapter 4 SOME OTHER SPRING AMUSEMENTS, NOT FORGETTING STILTS Chapter 5 LET'S GO A-FISHING-SOMETHING ABOUT BAIT Chapter 6 HINTS ABOUT BOATING AND CANOEING Chapter 7 SOME SMALL, SAIL BOATS THAT CAN BE MADE IN THE WINTER, OR THAT CAN BE BOUGHT WITHOUT MUCH MONEY Chapter 8 IF YOU CAN'T SWIM, LEARN AT ONCE-HELPS TO LEARNERS-CONFIDENCE IS THE THING Chapter 9 METHODS OF SWIMMING, FLOATING, DIVING, AND SOME GOOD WATER GAMES Chapter 10 HOW SIDES ARE CHOSEN IN GAMES Chapter 11 SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT COUNTING-OUT GAMES AND THE RHYMES USED BY PLAYERS
Chapter 12 DO YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT THE GAME OF TAG
Chapter 13 I SPY AND LEAP FROG, THE EVER-POPULAR GAMES
Chapter 14 THE GAME OF CAT, WITH A GLANCE AT SOME OTHER GAMES ALL SHOULD KNOW
Chapter 15 AND NOW FOR BALL-SOME OF THE MANY GOOD GAMES THAT CAN BE PLAYED WITH A BALL, BAT, OR RACKET
Chapter 16 BASEBALL, THE GREAT AMERICAN GAME. A FEW POINTERS THAT MAY HELP YOU
Chapter 17 SOME DETAILS ABOUT FOOTBALL
Chapter 18 A HINT AT SOME WELL-KNOWN GAMES, INCLUDING HOP-SCOTCH
Chapter 19 HOW TO CAMP OUT-THINGS EVERY CAMPER SHOULD KNOW
Chapter 20 CAN YOU RIDE A BIKE SOME THINGS WORTH KNOWING ABOUT THE WHEEL, AND SOMETHING ABOUT OTHER THINGS
Chapter 21 THE OLD SCOTCH GAME OF GOLF-SOMETHING ABOUT HOCKEY AND SHINNY
Chapter 22 ON THE ICE AND SNOW-THE ROYAL SPORT OF SKATING, WITH SOME HINTS ON SKIING, AND SNOWSHOES
Chapter 23 COASTING; SLEDS OF MANY KINDS-THE TOBOGGAN
Chapter 24 SOME HINTS ON GENERAL ATHLETICS, INCLUDING WALKING, RUNNING AND JUMPING
Chapter 25 BATTLE CRIES, HAILING SHOUTS, AND COLLEGE YELLS
Chapter 26 CLEVER TRICKS WORTH KNOWING
Chapter 27 SLEIGHT OF HAND
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