Third movement.

From the first position take the bowlegged position, and back to first position. If bow-legged, take the same exercise with heels two or three inches apart, and at each return movement compel the knees to touch.

Fourth movement. Jumping; raise lower leg from knee backward and upward, until striking the under part of the upper leg, first alternately, very slowly, and then more rapidly, ending in jumping from one foot to the other.

Fifth movement. Pawing; imitating the pawing movement of the horse when resting, which is simply giving the joints a different exercise from that which they have in walking or running. It is a complex movement, calling into exercise the ankle and hip, as well as the knee. The knee is brought upward and then downward with a circular movement, the toe just touching the floor in the downward stroke; right, left, alternate.

Hip movements, sixteen in number. First, treading. Raise the leg and foot upward by the hip-joint, then downward. Raise the foot entirely from the floor; and keep the knee perfectly straight and immovable, that all the exercise may be at the hip; right, left, alternate.

Second movement. Torso moved downward by the hips. Third, moved backward. Fourth, to the right. Fifth, to the left. Sixth, rotary. Seventh, right leg raised upward by the hip-joint. Eighth, left leg raised upward by the hip-joint. Ninth, right leg to the right. Tenth, left leg to the left. Eleventh, right leg backward. Twelfth, left leg backward. Thirteenth, right leg rotary backward. Fourteenth, left leg rotary backward. Fifteenth, right leg rotary forward. Sixteenth, left leg rotary forward.

These exercises not only benefit the hip-joints, but also strengthen the muscles and reduce superfluous flesh across the abdomen.

We next come to the shoulder-joints, and find that they can

be moved in many different ways. First, forward. Second, backward. Third, upward. Fourth, downward. Fifth, arms raised upward, extended. Sixth, upward, until the backs of the hands touch above the head. Seventh, extended front until the palms of the hands touch. Eighth, extended backward until the backs of the hands touch, if possible. Ninth, the chest-expander and shoulder-blade adjuster. Raise the arms from the elbows upward, clinched hands, facing each other; then draw the shoulderblades back together, and work them very slowly upward and downward and circularly, without moving the arms, except as they are moved by the shoulder-blades. The position of the arms holds the shoulder-blades in the proper place during the exercise. The chest is expanded and the back narrowed by the position of the shoulder-blades. The head should be held well back and upward during the exercise.

The neck-joint has fifteen movements, which must be given very slowly, as through this small passage run those wonderful little messages from the brain to every part of the body. First, head forward. Second, backward. Third, to the right. Fourth, to the left. Fifth, to the right backward. Sixth, to the left backward. Seventh, to the right oblique upward. Eighth, to the left oblique upward. Ninth, to the right oblique downward. Tenth, to the left oblique downward. Eleventh, to the right oblique backward and downward. Twelfth, to the left oblique backward and downward. Thirteenth, to the right oblique backward upward. Fourteenth, to the left oblique backward upward. Fifteenth, rotary or circular.

The elbow has two movements. First, an upward and return movement. Second, a rotary movement, by which the palm of the hand, as occasion requires, can be turned upward, around, or backward.

The wrist has the same movements as the ankle. First, up

ward. Second, downward. Third, outward.

Fifth, rotary.

Fourth, inward.

The third joints of the fingers have three movements. First, upward. Second, downward. Third, rotary. The second and first joints have only a downward and return movement.

Next we give the complex devitalizing movements, beginning with the joints of the hands, and running on through all the joints of the body, resembling the movements of a fainting person.

REPOSE.

Sit, or lie down if possible, with relaxed muscles and closed eyes; and in thought visit the most beautiful place you have ever seen-go to the mountains, or to the ocean, or gaze at the calm, starlit sky. Even the thought of beholding these great, quiet objects of nature is most soothing, restful and refreshing. NOTE. Couches or lounges with slumber-robes should be furnished in every gymnasium, that the pupils may often rest,not for any great length of time, but only for a minute or two, perhaps, after each series of exercises, or after each exercise requiring unusual exertion.

RECAPITULATION OF JOINT-MOVEMENTS.

1 movement downward.

First joint,

TOES.

Second joint, 1

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Third joint, 3 movements, upward, downward, rotary.
First movement, upward.

backward

First movement forward.

Repose.