St Nicholas [serial] . TREADING WATER. each with a hand under an arm-pita dead-weight on their hands, and ; he was alrlthey swam | 877-J SWIMMING. 611 \ — r - -. ore, more dead than alive. It was a StrugII they were the masters of the situation. The Under-tow. SAVING A COMRADE. Sle, began this gossip first with a mention of thender-tow. It is by no means a phenomenon,something to be read up and studied. Eitherthe sea-beach or at the great lakes, all the water: is tumbled ashore in heavy waves must go backin. The top-sea rolls in and the under-sea rollsTrust to the former. Keep clear afloat and
St Nicholas [serial] . TREADING WATER. each with a hand under an arm-pita dead-weight on their hands, and ; he was alrlthey swam | 877-J SWIMMING. 611 \ — r - -. ore, more dead than alive. It was a StrugII they were the masters of the situation. The Under-tow. SAVING A COMRADE. Sle, began this gossip first with a mention of thender-tow. It is by no means a phenomenon,something to be read up and studied. Eitherthe sea-beach or at the great lakes, all the water: is tumbled ashore in heavy waves must go backin. The top-sea rolls in and the under-sea rollsTrust to the former. Keep clear afloat andligh as you can. Abandon the rule I have•n you about deep swimming. Secure theidship of , if, n you areiln ten feetishore and:y, you drop legs to the e of thirty- ; degrees, :h is the -swimming tion, you hid that the der-tow — inder waterflows out THE UNDERTOW. to replace the waves that run in—will grab you bythe ankles and pull you out and down again. Keepclear afloat, your head well down, your heels feel-ing the topmost of the impelling wave ; keep yourlungs well filled, and wash ashore. You are not safeuntil you can easily fas
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