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of eight miles will be as much as they can do without 

 overtaxing their strength. One should arrange, if 

 possible, so as to have the wind at one's back when 

 returning home. The walk being finished, the man in 

 training should lie down with a lot of rugs heaped over 

 him, and remain thus as long as he can, which usually 

 will not be more than ten minutes or a quarter of an 

 hour. During this time, the heavy oppressed feeling 

 about the heart is most trying. 



After the rugs and clothes are taken off, the man 

 should be quickly dried, and then have a warm bath, 

 after which he may have a cold douche if his liver be 

 in good order. He should not dress until he is tho- 

 roughly cool, and ought to forbear taking anything to 

 drink as long as he possibly can after a sweat, for 

 the more heated the body is, the more rapidly will 

 it absorb fluid. 



In India and in other hot climates, a man cannot 

 walk in clothing much more than half the distance 

 he could accomplish in England, under similar circum- 

 stances. 



If a man has hacks to ride, and is unable to walk, 

 he can take a sweat on horseback by putting on clothes 

 as described, and then going for a sharp ride ; but this. 



