Climbing is the art of transporting the body in any direction, by
the aid, in general, both of the hands and feet. The climbing-stand
consists of two strong poles, about fifteen feet high, and from fifteen
to twenty-five feet distant, which are firmly fixed in the ground,
and support a beam strongly fastened to them. One pole is two inches
and a half in diameter; the other, which serves as a mast, should be
considerably thicker; and both serve the purpose of climbing. To the
beam are attached other implements of climbing: viz. a ladder, an
inclined board, a mast, an inclined pole, a horizontal bar, a rope
ladder, an upright, an inclined, and a level rope.--(Plate XVIII.)