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" SWIMMING S'VIl\fMIN S'VIl SVIl fMIN SWIMMINGSwimming ' \ G Swimming is excellent e.cellent ecellent e . ce11e11t exercise etercise for developing developmg S\V1 S V1 \ mI mIllng mming llng IS the body . , body.People bodyPeople t thet SV1Ie people peoP\here peoP here Ie spend their holidays near some lake or stream , , or theore the the'Sore theSore ' ore , where there \ they can indulge mdulge in m this invigorating InvIgoratmg sport , whichi WhIChb WhICh whichteen whichin b teen n ' , given added impetus by the mteiest mtelest taken in it by Presit Presi- Presi PresiRoosevelt - t Roosevelt goosevelt . . 117 1,1 11 ly , speaking speakmg " , , swimming is an ana.t anat amust be acquired It should shouldmoo shouldby shoul < must a.t at . moo by everyone at as earl earlr early r anas an possIble The abIIlty ability to S\Vlm S Vlm swim SVlma swima \ as strokes may be enough to tour tofour le\1i le 1i few \ a * some day Seldom dotrs do nur ur life hIe soIpe some four trs show any ability to swim swimsuddenly swimsuddenlY swimsuddenly suddenly immersed lInmerscd m In deep deepI deepIt deepIt deepIt It is very dangerous , therefore therefore\ therefore thereforeperson , \ I a ? person who may not be able ableinto ablerim ableim rim into deep water If you do doto doto don to be the victim of such a'prank a a"prank a"h ah a"hprank " -prank prank "prank 'prank - " ' ' and can cant t swim , don'tpanIckY don'tp5ICky don't dont don'tI ' ' panIckY p5ICky and struggle and gulp a atquatby Quantity quaDUt of water , but hold your yourtb youri tb th keepth tquatby and aand by gentleabot gentle movements , , keep keephead keepadabo head aba\ aba abot abae \ s e a waterany water waterW n"v nv any " W swimming accidents could have haveavoided haveavoided haveivolded avoided if people had taken cer- cer cerprecautJons cerprecautions cer-irtcautlons cer irtcautlons - I precautJons precautions before swimming swimmmg org or or1n orin g 1n in a strange place Leam Learn aboutE aboutWm about about.currents aboutrrents E . .currents currents own Wm WmshSllowti [ shSllowti shSllowtior shallow shaUow and tide or 'Or orrocky ' rocky rockywaters rocky Never dive waters watersin waters watersiii watersIn in inown Inro in iii clear waters remember thateep that thateep thatp eep dive Is often a dangerous diveII dive IIfold "BTOid BTOid II " fold rild weds weeds and undercurrents whening when whenIng whenalining Ing : in the open If you are SWlm- SWlm swim- swim - SWlmin swimin swim-iy swim iy - in a Ii mer riser and accidentally geta get > a 5 bed of veeds weeds , eeds , , stop kicking andwith and andwilli andi irffh willi with your > ) our arms The current"nsua1Iy currentpsaaily current currentusually usually "nsua1Iy nsua1Iy psaaily " , let you through If you youtarried youfaoried tarried ied a\\3Y a 3Y away a \ ay by the current of a at at aselect aTf t select a spot down-stream down stream down-scream scream - on onbank onbank onft bank and swim diagonally to to- to to'ft to-ifa'it to ifa'it ifait - - . 'it it 'ft ft ' ' Never mind where you have haveyom haveyair haveyour yom yair clothes Your life is more moreant moreQt moreitrt ant Qtyou nt Qt ntyou youare you ure -are are - swimming swinindng in a rough sea seaflot , , t attempt to breast the wavestaeh waves'each waveseach waves ' acl1 taeh wave rises , . swim through it itthus itthus itB thus save yourself the buffeting buffetingu buffetingt t might JIUght cause Insensibility insenslb1lity . klen en swimming sw1mmlng in either pools or orn orwater orwater oren ffater water , investigate the cleanliness cleanlinessthe cleanlinessthe n I Ien the water v2.ter v2ter , ' . Many diseases are water- water - CrampsCramps Cramps Cramps al aie e spasmodic contractions contractionsof of the muscles that are beyond the thecontrol thecontrol thecontrol control of the individual mwvldual and come comeWIthout comewithout comewithout WIthout warning They are a common commoncause commoncause commoncause cause of drownings drownlngs Don't Dont ' ' swim forat for forat I forI tlcast at neverdrink neverdrmk least two hoars ho.tIS hotIS hours . after eating , , never immediatelybefore drmk drink any cold beverages immediately before swimming , , and never swim beyond be- be beyond be beyond - yond 5 3 our depth in m an very cold water waterSevere Severe indigestion or cramps may result re- re result re result - sult Cramps also occur when themuscles the themus themuscles mus muscles < : les are exhausted , , and no person personwho personwho personwho who may be tired or suffering from fromdebility beyondhis debllity debility fromdebllity fromdebility of any sort should go beyond beyondI I hIS depth or out of reach of at assistance Ovei Ovel over assistanceOvei assistanceOvel assistanceover ' sixty 'SIxty per cent of drownmgs drownmgsoccur drownmgsoccur drowningsoccur occur m the four months from May toAugust to toAugust toAugust August , and nearly half of these fatalities fatal fatal- fatalities fatalities - ities are among men and boys undertwentyfive under undertentyfive undertwenty-five undertwenty five t\\enty-five t enty five twenty-five twenty \ - - years of age Don't Dont ' ' over o\er- o er eser- eser eserestimate oerestunate overestimate \ - estimate estunate your strength and swim far farunle5S farunless farunless unle5S unless you are accompanied by a boat boatand boatand boatand and a level-headed level headed - person who has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been trained in life saving It is also alsodangerous alsodangerous alsodangerous dangerous to go swimming sv.1mming sv1mming . alone or atnight at atni atnicrtit ni night ht Contrary to popular belief , alarge a alarge alarge large percentage of drowning cases oc- oc occur occur oc occur - cur among people who are considered consideredgood consideredgood consideredgood good swimmersThis swimmers This is the eighth of a series of 12articles 12 12articles 12articles articles on Vacations and Health HealthThe HealthThe HealthThe The ninth , , on First Aid , , will wiU ans- ans ansv answer ans-wei ans wei - wer v . e1 the questions ' . 1 What is a wise W1se precaution be before be- be before before - fore starting on vour your vRcation vacation vacation2 ? 2 How can bleeding from a cut artery ar- ar artery ar artery - tery be stopped ? 3 What shouldbe should shouldbe shouldbe be done for bums burns , flog aog cog bites , frac frac- frac- frac fractures fractures fractures - tures and electric shock ? 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