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Rh as, in bending, a part of the body must necessarily go back beyond the heels.

Place the left foot and leg and the left cheek close against a wall; then lift the right foot slowly and endeavor to touch the left knee with it and stand steadily in that position.

Put your arms behind you and place the palms of your hands together, the fingers downward and the thumbs next your back; then turn your hands keeping the tops of the fingers close to your back and the palms still together, until the ends of the fingers are between your shoulders, pointing upward toward your head and the thumbs outside.

This is to be performed by three players, whom we will style A, B, and C, in the following manner: A, standing between B and C, must stoop down and pass his right hand behind the left thigh of B and grasp B's right hand; he should next pass his left hand behind the right thigh of C and take hold of C's left hand; B and C should each pass one arm around the neck of A, and the latter, by rising himself gradually, will be able to lift the others from the ground.

Put a basket ball between your feet in such a manner that it is held between your ankles and the inner side of the feet; then kick up backward with both your feet and in this manner try to jerk the ball over your head, catching it when it comes down.

Measure the length of your arm from the outside of the elbow to the tip of the middle finger and mark it down on a stick; then hold the stick horizontally before you, with your elbow close to