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 rowing the stroke. Hence we see the importance of econo- mising as far as possible the labour of those muscles which are employed on the recavery, and of not adding to their toil by waste of time which entails a subsequent cxtra exertion in order to regain lost ground and lost time.

so. The manipulation of the blade through the water is of great importance, otherwise the blade will not keep square, and regular pressure against the water will not be attained, Now, since the angle of the blade to the water has to be a constant one, and since the plane on which the blade works also is required to be uniform, till the moment for the feather has arrived, it stands to reason that the wrists and arms, which are changing their position relatively with the body while the stroke progresses, must accommodate themselves to the pro- gressive variations of force of body and arms, so as to maintain the uniform angle and plane of the oar. Herein much atten- tion must be paid to maxim 4 (sefra). Tf an oar is held in the fist instead of in the fingers, the play of the muscles of the wrist is thereby crippled, and it becomes less casy to govern the blade,

1z, Ona somewhat similar principle as the foregoing, the arms, on the recovery, are changing their position and angle with the body throughout the recovery ; but the blade has to be kept at a normal level above the water all the time. It is acommon fault for the carsman to fail to regulate the height of the feather, and cither to ‘toss’ itat some point of the recovery or else to lower it till the blade almost, if not quite, touches the water. Nothing but practice, coupled with careful obser- vations of the correct manner of holding an oar, can attain that mechanical give-and-take play of muscles which produces an even and clean feather from first to last of recovery.

iz. We are still, for the sake of argument, dealing with fixed-seat oarsmanship. Slides will be discussed subsequently.

In using the legs, on a fixed seat, for recovery, the tocs should feel the strap, which should cross them on or below the knuckle-joint of the great toe. Each foot should feel and pull