Primer 17 — Learn How to Swim
Source Material
The text and illustrations are taken from Project Gutenberg; How to Swim, American Sport Publishing Company, 1917.
Additional illustrations from Nouveau dictionnaire encyclopédique universel illustré, published Paris:
La Librairie Illustrée, 1885-1891.
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The Important Point
The most important thing to remember in swimming is breathing.
The Leg Movement
The legs are moved up and down in a continuous action.
TREADING WATER
Treading water is a very useful.
SWIMMING LIKE A DOG
To swim like a dog with clothes on, with hands and feet tied and swimming under water is freeing.
PLUNGING
To become a good plunger the swimmer, first of all, has to have good lungs.
