_Feats in High Leaping._
A good high leaper will clear five feet; a first-rate one, five and
a half; and an extraordinary one, six feet. Ireland is mentioned as
having cleared an extended cord at the height of fourteen feet. Another
man, it is said, jumped to the height of seventeen feet, which was
three times the height of his own body.[6]
[6] The author means, with the aid of a spring-board.--ED. Fifth
Edition.