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pamphlets of the time a good
deal of space is taken up with
the correct actions of the
hands and feet, and the author
bemoans the fact that when
Athenians wanted to
‘designate a man as fit for
nothing’ they would say ‘he
cannot even swim’ or ‘he can
neither read nor swim’.
The best time to bathe is
between May and August,
before breakfast, and, as with
Steedman’s manual, evening