The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-23 00:00:00

SIIIPPING—tais DAY.

LONDON, Aug' 23.—Wind, at noon, N,E., moderate
breeze, with rain.
(BY ELECTRTIC lELEGRAPII.)
SOUTHAIopTON Tuesday Morning.
g—Volante, fron,
InDnaer,f.frofrmornlsmAail—Robert and Mary, from
—la werp—Germania k teamer
I
rviaeadniar Dublin.
Sailed—C!emence and Le cr.,
q for Cherbourg—Ocean
Monarch, for Fool.
from
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ii
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The four months' drought in this district was broken
last night by a gentle refresh,_
6 rain which has fallen
last night and continues.
(BY MAGNETIC 'ITLEGRAPII:)
GRAVISEND, Tuesday Morning.
Arrived, Aug. 22—Rover, fr,,, St. Petersburg—Emma
and Sophia, Hans Christensen, Marie, arA Louisa Maria—
all from Archangel—Planet, from Antwerp,
Arrived, Aug-. V--Hoppett , and Mathilda—both from
Gamla Carleby—Martin Lutiati, from
, Cronstadt—Arabeila,
from Nevis—Anne Lee, fi°l3 "Aombo—lndustzie, from
Archangel.
.DEILL, Tuesday Morning.
Passed to leeward—Laura, ram Ravannah, for London.
Passed, Aug. 22d—Derenceut3 from London, for St.
Helena.
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SWIMMING IN TIIREE LESSON s.__Lessonl. Grasp
with both band the stave )f the ladder, luardiadeea rd,
well
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tl sure
you'ril cg mouth
Heel not be above the water, ex-
cept level with, or a little bolo,' the surface. Assume the
horizontal swimming position. Get your legs well up, the
possible of your
faberelaitit
brain
little
sa or
submerged,nl y
oonr
cs,:pa ttera.:
th Thee
afterwards, until you
Then strike out
;our heart's context, with both legs at once, in
slowly, to
regular strokes,
a, d repeat , e operation. The grand pre-
are tired. Rest,
the faulty of swimming consists in
paration for acquiring .
daring to keep the head at:m, the legs up, and the whole
body horizontal. Man walk.,h,ect, buthe,swims prone, pros-
trate, or reclining. Lesson II Rops'lat the same, holding the
ladder with one hand only, atd either p,Addling with the hand
open and the fingers closed, or giving tie arm stroke with
the arm disengaged. Do this with each aro alternately.—
Lesson 111. Remember that swimming (like the perform-
ance of tours de force on tLo piano, like brilliak:t leaps in
the hunting-field, like a flight on the trapeze) is ono of the
things that must be done with a dash. You do it, the 1;,-st
time you try, because you will to do it, Having done it I
once, you do it again. Therefore, when you no longer feat
1
a horizontal position in the water—when you a: o convinced
that you may keep your legs up ycur head down, and your
arms submerged, withcut danger of drowning—retire a
couple of paces from your ladder, and resolve to swim, as
if you were! Leotard launched in mid-air. C'est le premier
pas quicoute. As soon as you can swim one yard the thing
is done. The distance swum will increase rapidly with
practice and the consequent increased confidence of the
swimmer. But of swimming, like mountain climbing, call:
into action muscles which are comparatively little used in
our ordinary habits, it is only by gradual exercise that they
can be brought to perform long-continued efforts.—
,Dickens's 4' All the Year .Rovicl,",