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371.

A man when walking has his head in advance of his feet.

A man when walking across a long level plain first leans [rather] backwards and then as much forwards.

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Footnotes

194:181 3-6: He strides forward with the air of a man going down hill; when weary, on the contrary he walks like a man going up hill.


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