How to place the Marks in their proper Order.
It is necessary first to know, that a
Step
has three Divisions,
viz
. a
Beginning, Middle
, and
End:
You must also consider the
Foot,
as well in
Steps
as
Positions,
has two Sides, an Inside and an Outside. The Beginning of the
Step
, is the Beginning of the Line, joining the little black Spot, as is shewn by the Letter A. The Middle, is the middle of the Line, as at Letter B. And the End, is the Extremity of the Line, joining that which represents the Foot, as at Letter C. The Outside of the Foot, is between the Heel and the end of the little Toe, mark’d D E; and the Inside, is that which is between the Heel and End of the great Toe, as is mark’d F G.
There are three ways of
Sinking, viz
. before the Foot moves, in moving, and after it has moved.
When there is the Mark of a Sink at the beginning of a Step, the Sink must be made before the Foot moves.
Sink before the Foot moves.
When the Sink is mark’d in the middle of the Step, the Sink is not to be made till the Foot has made half the Step.
A Sink in moving.
When the Sink is mark’d at the end of the Step, the Sink must not be made till the Step is finish’d.
A Sink after Movement.
It is the same thing in the Marks of a Rise.
| Rise before the Foot moves. | Rise in moving. | Rise after Movement. |
| Sink and Rise before the Foot moves. | Sink and Rise in moving. | Sink and Rise after moving. |
| Sink before Moving, and Rise in Moving. | Sink as before, and Rise after Moving. | Sink in Moving, Rise after the Movement. |