IX.

COMBINED EXERCISES.

FIRST SERIES.

First Position.

No. 159. The instructor will command: 1. Combined Exercises; 2. First Series; 3. First-POSITION.

No. 160.-Preparatory to this exercise, the students will take the position prescribed in No. 260, p. 239. The manner of employing the dumb-bell in connection with the movements of this position, is happily illustrated by Fig. 66. At the third command, however, the position will be taken in accordance with No. 261, p. 240, the right legs being first advanced, and the bell used with the right hands.

No. 161.-First and Second Movements. These two classes of movements correspond respectively to those of Nos. 262 and 263, p. 240, the motions being made with a dumb-bell as illustrated in Fig. 66.

Second Position.

No. 162.-At the command, Second-POSITION, the students will take the position of Fig. 67, which corresponds to that of No. 264, p. 240.

No. 163. First and Second Movements. These two classes of movements correspond respectively to those of Nos. 265 and 266, pp. 240 and 241, the number and order of the motions being the

same.

SECOND SERIES.

First Position.

No. 165.—At the third command, the students will take the position of the solid part of Fig. 68.

No. 166. First, Second, and Third Movements. It will be remembered that the commands of execution apply literally only to the ones. At the command, RIGHT, for example, the ones employ

the right member; but the twos, the left. The first class of movements is made directly up into the position of the upper dotted arms of Fig. 68; the second, directly out, carrying the arms into a horizontal position; and the third, directly down into the position of the lower dotted arms. Employ the Third Variety, p. 262, for each of these classes.

No. 167.-Fourth and Fifth Movements. The fourth class of movements is a combination of the first, second, and third. The number and order of the motions are the same as in No. 14, p. 306. The fifth class of movements is a combination of the first and third

classes, the motions being made with both bells simultaneously, first the right arm of the ones and the left arm of the twos passing into the position of the upper dotted arms of Fig. 68, at the same time that the other arms pass down into a position corresponding to that of the lower dotted arms. Employ the Sixth Variety, p. 263.

No. 168-Sixth Movements (Charges). This class of movements is executed by the couples charging sidewise simultaneously, first to the right of the ones, the advancing bell being elevated at an angle of 45 degrees, and the other lowered on each charge from the position, as in Fig. 69. Employ the Fourth Variety, p. 263.

Second Position.

No. 169. At the command, Second-POSITION, the students will take the position of Fig. 70.

No. 170.-First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Movements. These six classes of movements correspond respectively to those of Nos. 166, 167, and 168, the motions being made while the couples stand back to back, as in Fig. 70.

THIRD SERIES.

First Position.

No. 171.-The instructor commands: 1. Combined Exercises; 2. Third Series; 3. First-POSITION

No. 172. At the third command, the students will take the position of Fig. 71.

No. 173.-First and Second Movements. The first class of movements is executed by elevating the arms sidewise into a vertical