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Picking up.—To pick up the ball, keep, and fully control it on the netting of the crosse, is necessarily the A B C of the game, and yet, by no means, an easy accomplishment. Simple as it looks, and easy as it may be to a skilful [sic] player, it is "the very mischief" to a novice. It is impossible to be a reliable player unless able to pick up with facility, and the two following practices should be gone through with, before venturing to enter into the heat of a game:—

1st. Picking up in one motion—Stand a crosse's length from the ball, with the left foot advanced. Draw the crosse back about a foot from the ball, and, striking straight at and under it, scoop up in one quick, sharp motion.

2nd. Picking up in two motions.—Cover the ball with the top surface of the netting, draw it towards