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Page 35
... fastened to a stick . The defenders then surround the banner , the business of the attackers being to obtain possession of it by any fair and ready means . The attackers advance in a body and endeavour to dislodge their opponents , who ...
... fastened to a stick . The defenders then surround the banner , the business of the attackers being to obtain possession of it by any fair and ready means . The attackers advance in a body and endeavour to dislodge their opponents , who ...
Page 37
... fastened in the centre to a post , by a noose or loop , so as to play easily in the evolutions made by the players . The party who plays the mouse occasionally scrapes the toys icgether , and the other , who plays the cat , attracted by ...
... fastened in the centre to a post , by a noose or loop , so as to play easily in the evolutions made by the players . The party who plays the mouse occasionally scrapes the toys icgether , and the other , who plays the cat , attracted by ...
Page 39
... fastened at the other end . Then with a little impetus given by another person you may mount up in the air as high as the length of the rope will allow , or you may swing with the hands alone grasping the ropes. MINOR SPORTS . 39.
... fastened at the other end . Then with a little impetus given by another person you may mount up in the air as high as the length of the rope will allow , or you may swing with the hands alone grasping the ropes. MINOR SPORTS . 39.
Page 41
... fastened by a piece of string and a bent pin to the back part of his coat or jacket , without his being aware of it . One of the players now blows the whistle and drops it , and the " hunter " being liberated proceeds to search for it ...
... fastened by a piece of string and a bent pin to the back part of his coat or jacket , without his being aware of it . One of the players now blows the whistle and drops it , and the " hunter " being liberated proceeds to search for it ...
Page 47
... fasten the string . The wings are made of several sheets of writing paper , half cut in slips , rolled up , and fastened at a and c . The tail , which should be from ten to fifteen times the length of the kite , is made by tying bobs of ...
... fasten the string . The wings are made of several sheets of writing paper , half cut in slips , rolled up , and fastened at a and c . The tail , which should be from ten to fifteen times the length of the kite , is made by tying bobs of ...
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acid amusement appear bait ball batsman beautiful become bird blue body bottle bottom bowling cage called centre checkmate colour copper covered Cricket Croesus Croquet distance drachms eggs electricity fastened feathers feet figure fingers fish fixed foot four give glass ground gutta percha head hive hole horse inches iron keep king larvæ legs length Leyden jar light magnet means metal moulting move nest nitrate nitric acid number thought object ounce paper pass performed person phosphorus piece pinion feathers plants plate play player plumage position produce quantity rabbits rape seed ring seeds side silver solution soon square stand stick strike striker strong sufficient sulphuric acid tail taken throw touch trick tube turn wicket wicket-keeper wire wood yellow young zinc