2 Introduction, 



with them, I am induced to lay them be- 

 fore the Public in this manner. 



I know the literary and fpeculative part 

 of Mankind are apt to cdrifider thefe kind of 

 country diverfions in a contemptible light i 

 and, perhaps, they may be inclined to de- 

 fpife any perfon who fhall devote his time 

 to the writing, or even the reading, of a 

 fingle page, on a fubje(^ which they may 

 think only deferving the attention of Grooms, 

 Counti-y 'Squires, and Dog-boys. But this 

 opinion is by no means founded on reafon. 



A healthy frame of body is to the full as 

 necelTary for our happinefs as a found dif- 

 pofition of mind. The Roman Satiriil 

 joins them together in his prayer, and, in- 

 deed, the latter is never perfectly attainable 

 without the former. Now to gain this in a 

 compleat manner, more exercife is certainly 



requifitc 



