7.) [Illustration: FIG.

7 CRAWL, FIRST POSITION] [Illustration: CRAWL In the "Crawl" position it is not necessary, in the beginning of the exercise, to slide the hand down the hip any farther than is perfectly comfortable.

But this distance should be gradually increased, and it will be found quite easy to do this as the muscles of the side become more and more supple.] Then on the count of "One, two, three, four" the body is slowly bent sideways from the waist, the right hand slipping down the right leg to or beyond the knee, and the left arm bending in a half-circle over the head until the fingers touch the right ear.

(See Fig.

8.) At "Four" the position of "Cross" is quickly resumed, and at "Two" of the next counting the right palm is turned up and the exercise is completed in the opposite direction.
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