Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1893 — Dangerous Jumping. [ARTICLE]

Dangerous Jumping.

It is one thing to jump from a great height into opea space such as that of the sea, and it is another thing to jump down one hundred and twenty feet into a well. The feat may be seen performed any day at Delhi in India. So proficient are the men and boys who leap down the distance, both into a tank from the top of a mosque and into a narrow well, that while descending they purposely spiawl about in the air and display queer antics; but the moment they near the water they suddenly straighten out their bodies, and plunge down, arrow-like, with scarcely a splash. A dozen men and boys can be got at any hour to perform this feat for the modest fee of about three pence a leap.