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strongest men I have ever known. He was 

 not intemperate, but he lived luxuriously, 

 and waded as a salmon fisher for many years 

 in this very river; but before he was fifty, 

 palsy deprived him of the use of his limbs, 

 and he is still a living example of the danger 

 of the system which you are ambitious of 

 adopting. 



Orn. — Well, I give up the wine, but I in- 

 tend to wade in Hancock's boots to morrow. 



Hal. — Wear them, but do not wade in 

 them. The feet must become cold in a 

 stream of water constantly passing over the 

 caoutchouc and leather, notwithstanding the 

 thick stockings. They are good for keep- 

 ing the feet warm, and I think where there 

 is exercise, as in snipe shooting, may be 

 used without any bad effects. But I advise 

 no one to stand still (which an angler must 

 do sometimes) in the water, even with these 

 ingenious waterproof inventions. All anglers 

 should remember old Boerhaave's maxims 

 of health, and act upon them: " Keep the 

 feet warm, the head cool, and the body 

 open." 



