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avoided, except you are sporting in a country where ague is pre-! 

 valent. In tliis case a little spiiit is advantageous. 



6tli. Never sit down witli wet feet, nor with wet clothes on any 

 part of your body ; if a change cannot be procured, keep walking 

 about, or, what is better, go to bed, till some di-y clothes can be 

 proco-ed; or, if you want to start again, after taking ren-esh- 

 ment, first wet your feet with spiiits or essence of mustard, and , 

 then be as quick as possible in taking your refreshments. Many '■ 

 apply the spirit to the stomach instead of the feet, but this is " 

 invariably bad. Nothing produces chilly and damp kind of feehngs 

 readier than spirit taken mtemally under such dii'cumstances. To 

 keep the frame warm, dry, and comfortable, is the surest plan of 

 increasing your sporting pleasures, and of making them really con- 

 ducive to health. 



