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Hop-scotch to hare-and-hounds, conjuring to chemistry, rabbits to rowing — the complete Victorian repertoire of things for a boy to do, set down with rules and diagrams.

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Third Practice

WORD OF COMMAND. FRONT RANK. REAR RANK. Guard. Hanging Guard. Hanging Guard. Leg. Cut Four. Cut Seven. Inside Guard. Inside Guard. Inside Guard. Leg. Cut Six [at Leg]. Cut Six [at Neck]. Outside Guard. Outside Guard. Outside Guard. Leg. Cut Five [at Leg]. Cut Five [at Neck]. Guard. Hanging Guard. Hanging Guard. Slope Swords. Slope Swords. Slope Swords.

In this and the other practices, the cuts must be delivered in the third position, and the guards in the first. In the third and fourth practices, the cuts must be given lightly, as many of them are not intended to be guarded, but merely to show the powers of the sword in various positions.

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