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Of the difference betwixt the Natural and CivUifed Life. — The chief 

 articles are Houfes^ Clothe Sy the ufe of Fire ^ Fief) Diet^ and Strong 

 Liquors. — Of Houfes : — Thejy of later invention ; the frf covering 

 from the weather^ being Woods ^ Rocks ^ or Caves. — Another covering 

 from the weather^ ufcd by the Rich and Luxurious, viz. Carriages, 

 — Clothes a cloffer confinement than Houfes. — Of air, and our in- 

 timate connexion with it, as we live in it and by it. — Of the air 

 ive take in by our Mouth, Nqftrils, and alfo by- our Skin. — Of what 

 we throw out by our Skin, that is by perfpiration ; — and of the 

 jiecefity of our taking that in again, as the Skin mujl take in as 

 well as throw out. — To prevent this mifchief the Greeks and Ro- 

 mans ufed the warm bath. — This became a piece of luxury amotig 

 the Romans. — The Egyptians ufed the cold bath, which was better 

 than the warm; and they ufed it four times in 24 hours. — Of A' 

 nointing and Fri^ion ufed by the Greeks and Romans, and the be- 

 lief t thereof — Of the air we take in by our bodies. — That foould be 

 pure air — not air fouled by the exhalations of our bodies. — The ad- 

 vantage the Greeks and Romans had by performing their exercifes 

 naked, and the Egyptians by Jlriping and bathing fo often. — Of 

 what wefuffer by living in a manner quite d'fferent. — Great atten- 

 tion given to the ref oration of health in Britain — not fifficient to the 

 prefervation of it. — The confequence of the neglect of that in fame 

 parts of the Highlands of Scotland. — What would prevent thcfe bad 

 confequences, is the conjlant ufe of the cold bath. — For which pur- 

 pofe baths fjould be eredled in different difri6ls, fuch as they have 

 in the fouth of France. 



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