D F. The difference consists in executing the movements by lifting the feet and bearing them over the spaces, touching the toes only at the points B, C, E, and F, instead of sliding them.

Second Position.

No. 229.-At the command, Second-POSITION, the student will take the position of Fig. 111.

No. 230.-First Movements (Charges). In executing charges, the student, with one foot fixed, takes strides as great as possible without preventing an easy recovery of the commencing position, in the direction prescribed. The leg whose foot remains in position must be kept rigid and straight, and so turned upon the heel that the two feet are at right angles. This class of movements is done by

FIG. 112.

charging sidewise, first to the right with the right leg, as represented by the dotted part of Fig. 111, and regaining the commencing position four times; then a charge is done to the left with the left leg, and the commencing position regained four times; and finally, eight charges are made to the right and left alternately. The commands of execution are, RIGHT, LEFT, ALTERNATE.

No. 231.-Second Movements. These movements only differ from No. 230 in being made directly front, left leg and foot first.

No. 232.-Third Movements. The remaining commands, and the number and order of the motions, are the same as in No. 230; but the charges are made front, bearing toward the right and the left, at an angle of 45 degrees.

No. 233.-Fourth Movements. These movements are formed by combining facings and charges. The student, turning on the right heel, charges to the right with the left leg, thus executing a facing, as represented by the dotted part of Fig. 112, and recovers the commencing position four times; then four corresponding charges are made to the left with the right leg; and finally, eight of these charges are made to the right and left alternately.-The Music best adapted to the four classes of movements immediately preceding, will be found on pp. 189, 190, 208, and 209.

SEVENTH SERIES.

First Position.

No. 234.-The instructor will command: 1. Leg and Foot Exercise; 2. Seventh Series; 3. First-POSITION.

No. 235.-At the last command, the student takes the position of Fig. 114, which only differs from the military position, p. 120, in supporting the weight of the body upon the points of the feet.

No. 236. First Movements. At the command, First Movements--LEFT; or, Sidewise, Mark Time—MARCH, the student, facing the instructor, and standing in the position of Fig. 114, at the point A, Fig. 113, will step to the left, first planting the toes of the left foot at the point в, and lightly touching the side of the left foot with the right; then he will plant the toes of the right foot at the point c, slightly touching the right foot with the left, thus describing the motion shown in Fig. 113. This motion will be continued, without making progress forward, until thirty-two steps have been taken. At the command, HALT, or on the thirty-second step, the commencing position will be resumed at the point A. These steps will be taken at the rate of about ninety in a minute. While the students are counting to mark the time, as is prescribed on p. 144, in order to insure

uniformity in the order of taking the step, the instructor will repeat the words, Left-Right-Left-Right, &c. When this swaying movement is described in columns, the students will cover square, that is, keep exactly behind those in the file front.

No. 237.- Second Movements. As soon as the student is sufficiently established in the principles of this step, at the command, Second Movements-LEFT; ór, Class, Forward- MARCH, he will advance with this swaying motion, first with the left foot at an angle of 45 degrees to the left, planting flat the left foot, and bringing the right foot to the left until it touches the left foot, then the right foot is thrown forward, bearing to the right at an angle of 45 degrees, and planted in like manner. When the instructor shall wish to arrest the march, he will command, Class-HALT. At the second word of this command, which will be given at the instant when either foot is coming to the ground, the foot in the rear will be brought up and planted by the side of the other.

B

FIG. 113.

No. 238.-Third Movements.

FIG. 114.

At the command, Third Move

ments-LEFT; or, On Toes, Mark Time-MARCH, the left leg is first thrown forward as if to take a step, as shown by the dotted leg

of Fig. 114, without inclining the body forward in the least, and brought back to its place, and then a corresponding motion is made with the right leg. These motions are continued without making progress until thirty-two steps are taken, or the command, Class— HALT, is given. The instructor will frequently require the student to execute these movements on the heels, without touching the fronts of the feet. The command is, On Heels, Mark Time-MARCH.— When the preparatory command, On Toes, or On Heels, is not given, the student will mark time from the military position, p. 120, planting the advanced foot flat every time it recovers the commencing position. As the feet are thrown front in executing these movements, they will be bent at the ankles so that the toes shall hang forward.

No. 239.-Fourth Movements. After the student has learned to mark time perfectly, remembering always to start with the left foot first, at the command, Fourth Movements-LEFT; or, Class, Forward; Common (or Quick) Time-MARCH, he will smartly, but without a jerk, carry straight forward the left foot twenty-eight inches from the right (twenty inches for small boys and girls), the sole near the floor or ground, the ham extended, the point of the foot a little depressed, and, as also the knee, slightly turned out; he will, at the same time, throw the weight of the body forward, and plant flat the left foot, without shock, precisely at the distance where it finds itself from the right when the weight of the body is brought forward, the whole weight of which will now rest upon the advanced foot. The student will next, in like manner, advance the right foot and plant it as above, the heel twenty-eight inches from the heel of the left foot, and thus continue to march without crossing the legs, or striking one leg against the other, without turning the shoulders, and preserving always the face direct to the front. At the command, On Toes (or Heels)-MARCH, without arresting the march, the students will march on their toes or heels without touching other portions of the feet. In common time, the student marches at the rate of ninety steps in a minute; in quick time, at the rate of one hundred and ten steps per minute.-The best Music for marches will be found on pp. 152, 153, 158, 161, and 207.

Second Position.

No. 240.—Second-POSITION In this position, the arms are bent, with the elbows to the rear, the forearms against the waist,

the hands closed, and the nails toward the body, as in Fig. 115; but the legs, when not in motion, are not bent at the knee as here represented. The trunk is inclined forward, the head slightly back.

No. 241.-First Movements (Trotting Exercise)-LEFT. At this command, the left leg will be thrown back, the weight of the body being supported on the point of the right foot, and brought to the commencing position, as represented by the

dotted leg of Fig. 115; then a corresponding motion will be made with the right leg, and these alternate motions will be continued until thirty-two steps shall have been taken, at an average rate of one hundred and twenty to the minute. During these movements, the joints of the knee and ankle must be quite free and elastic, bending as in the common motion of trotting, though no progress is made. The degree of intensity of the movement can be regulated at will, by raising the foot to any desirable height.

FIG. 115.

No. 242. -Second Movements (Double Quickstep). At the command, Second Movements-LEFT; or, Mark Time, Double QuickMARCH, the student-with the feet in the military position, p. 120, and the arms in the position of Fig. 115,—will raise to the front his left leg bent, in order to give the knee the greatest elevation, the part of the leg between the knee and the instep vertical, the toe depressed; he will then replace his foot in its former position; with the right leg he will execute what has just been prescribed for the left, and the alternate movement of the legs will be continued until thirty-two steps are taken, or the instructor commands, Class-HALT. The rate of swiftness of this step is from one hundred and sixty-five to one hundred and eighty per minute.

No. 243.-Third Movements. These movements only differ from those of No. 242 in making progress from the spot. At the command, Third Movements-LEFT; or, Class Forward, Double Quick-MARCH, the student will carry forward the left foot, the leg slightly bent, the knee somewhat raised-will plant his left foot, the toe first, from thirty to thirty-three inches from the right, and with the right foot will execute what has just been prescribed for the left.