JOHN WESLEY POWELL. 6$ 



tific subject. Of late years considerations of health have dictated 

 regular exercise, and he has adopted the practice of spending some 

 hours each day in the saddle. Multiplying responsibilities clamor 

 for the remainder of his time, and other recreations are relin- 

 quished, unless indeed the social duties incident to his official po- 

 sition be regarded as recreations. 



Comparatively few hours are demanded for sleep, and few are 

 given. The hour of retiring is apt to be late, and it is a life-long 

 habit not to linger in bed awake, but to rise on waking whatever 

 the hour. On the other hand, the artificial termination of sleep is 

 not tolerated when it can be avoided. 



