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fumigation ; and the pernicious effects, consequent 

 to the use of ardent and vinous spirits ; destructive 

 agents to men, but which act with redoubled force on 

 the more susceptible frames of youth? I appeal to 

 experience. I ask whether he who indulges himself 

 in this way, does not awake in the morning hot, rest- 

 less, and dissatisfied with himself? The sound of 

 the bell grates his nerves. Even the 



" Prime cheerer, light, 

 " Of all material beings first and best*," 



is an unwelcome intruder. He dresses with langour 

 and fretfulness ; his mouth is clammy and bitter ; his 

 head aches, and his stomach is uneasy, till composed 

 by a little warm tea or coffee. After stretching and 

 yawning, he tries to numb his irksome feelings by a 

 cigarr and a glass of wine, or a little diluted brandy. 

 These disagreeable sensations will, however, come 

 and go through the course of the day, in spite of all 

 his soporifics. By evening, a handful of cigarrs, a 

 few glasses of wine, &c, remove, by their stronger 

 stimulus, these troublesome sensations ; when he 

 tumbles into bed, and rises next morning with simi- 

 lar feelings, and pursues the same course to get rid of 

 them. Does this look like a faithful extract from 

 the diary of " a Blood . ? " 



" I am entirely convinced, that smoking and chew- 

 ing injures, ultimately, the hearing, smell, taste, and 



■ Thomson* 



