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likewise insomnia. // may also be boldly asserted at this 

 point, without entering into any long inquiry beaidng on the 

 etiological or pathological conditions of these morbid states, 

 that the man who will engage in the chase with all the e7t- 

 thusiasm of a true sportsinan, and will follow the same a 

 few months, will certainly find more benefit frojjz this course 

 of procedure than could possibly be obtained by the most sys- 

 tematic restrictions in the tise of food. Active exercise thus 

 obtained will efficiently relieve obesity and also develop the 

 muscular system. 



In this manner it is entirely practical, and at the same 

 time free from danger, to reduce the weight to any desired 

 standard, and that, too, while the diet is wholly unrestrained, 

 except by the exigencies which are inseparable from the 

 life of a hunter in the forest, more or less removed from 

 the luxuries of modern civilization. In this instance a re- 

 duction of weight is effected almost entirely by the active 

 and prolonged exercise, which, instead of being a drudgery 

 hard to be borne, is a noble sort of labor which gives rise to 

 the most pleasant thoughts, and at the- same time gratifies 

 an exalted ambition. 



The literary man who joins in the chase with true 

 sportsmen will very soon discover that hunting is both a 

 science and an art ; and consequently this pastime supplies 

 him with the necessary occupation for both body and mind. 

 The modus operandi by which it is accomplished is easily 

 comprehended by any thoughtful person. The loss of 

 adipose tissue depends almost entirely, in this case, on the 

 exercise taken, while the increased muscular development 

 is due to the same agency. It will therefore be observed 



