...same prodigious simplicity as the rest of the feat. Suspending himself in his stirrups, he girded the needle with a cord, the ends of which he fastened...over the ball; and so coolly and accurately was the aiui taken, that at the first trial it fell in the required direction, and he saw the end hang down...

...he girded the needle with a cord, the ends of which he fastened round his waist; and so supported,he leaned gradually back till the soles of his feet were...planted against the spire. In this position he threw, hy a strong effort, a coil of cord over the ball; and so coolly and accurately was the aim taken, that...

...prodigious simplicity as the rest of the feat. "•Suspending himself in his stirrups, he girded the needle with a cord, the ends of which he fastened...and he saw the end hang down on the opposite side. 3ri» or Si. PKTM AMI ST. " To draw himself up into his original position ; to fasten the cord firmly...

...Suspending himself in his stirrups, he girded the needle with a cord, the ends of which he fastened around his waist ; and, so supported, he leaned gradually...threw, by a strong effort, a coil of cord over the ball j and so coolly and accurately was the aim taken, that at the first trial it fell in the required direction,...