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burning heat of the fun mull be avoided, and 

 the air at night likewife. 



When one has drunk too much wine, it is ne- 

 ceflary to take four things ; fuch as lemon, 

 which is very common there •, by this means you 

 will neither find yourfelves ill, nor be overcome 

 by the vapours which commonly follow. If the 

 quantity of liquor which has been drank heats 

 the body, fome refrelliing aliments muft be ra- 

 takea, but every thing that iiKreafes heat muft 

 be avoided : fpirituous liquors fhould be drank as 

 little as pofTible, for they burn the blood, and 

 cafily caufe a hot fever. 



When you have eaten too much, flrong li- 

 quors are good to ftrengthen the ftomach, and 

 help digeftion -, but if, on the contrary, it hap- 

 pens thai you are heated by drinking too much*, 

 they would prove very dangerous. Thofe who 

 are too much addided to debauchery arc almoll 

 always tormented with bad dreams, which fa- 

 tigue them fo much as almoft to trouble their 

 D d 2 mind, 



* It ought to be remarked, that, fmce the Americans have 

 dranic wine and brandy, they have like u^ Ihortened their 

 days. 



