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The diet of perfons who live in the country is, I 

 think, in general more wholfome than that of thofc 

 who inhabit towns. A large portion of it confiiis 

 of frefh vegetables and milk, which, though not ex- 

 cluded from the food of thofe who live in towns, 

 are enjoyed in much greater plenty and higher per- 

 fection in rural fituations. Thefe correct the pu- 

 trefactive difpofition of animal food, and tend to 

 keep up the proper fecretions and evacuations, and 

 to maintain that balance in the animal fyftem, upon 

 which health fo much depends. 



The regular hours necefTary to be obferved by 

 thofe who follow country bufinefs, are perhaps of 

 more confequence than any of the other articles, 

 however important thofe may be. 



It is an old and a common opinion, that the ex- 

 ternal air is much lefs falubrious during the night 

 than the day ; and this opinion, which probably was 

 at firft drawn from obfervation, feems to be con- 

 firmed by chemical experiments, which tend to 

 fhew that the air exhaled by vegetables, whilfl the 

 fun is above the horizon, is much more pure and 

 fit for refpiration than that which iflues from them 

 in the abfence of the fun. The ill effects of the 

 latter are probably bell avoided, by the human 

 body being in a ftace of repofe and infenfibility, 



which 



