2 THE SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE; 



tion of the sports which are obtainable in these grand 

 forests. 



Man, in all conditions of life, after prolonged and 

 earnest toil, requires recreation, i.e., a refreshment of 

 strength and spirits ; but this cannot always be obtain- 

 able in the same way. The overwrought workingman, 

 in the full possession of physical energy, in perfect health, 

 and possessed of the ordinary amount of physical 

 strength, does not require the same sort of recreation 

 as the sedentary, overworked student, professional or 

 business man. In the former instance, a few days' rest, 

 with an increased amount of sleep, serves to fully restore 

 the temporarily depressed physical and mental vigor. 



The intelligent practice of the fatigued German 

 workingman, who gathers his family about him and hies 

 away to some neighboring grove, where he spends a 

 peaceful and quiet holiday, thus obtaining pure air and 

 rest, cannot be too highly commended. The whole family 

 having spent a pleasant and profitable day in the open 

 air, commonly return to their overcrowded and badly- 

 ventilated apartments in the early evening; each member 

 of the family being better satisfied with himself, and what 

 is still better, satisfied with the others, they now partake 

 of their frugal meal, and retire early to their humble cots, 

 where they may sleep soundly, suffering neither from in- 

 somnia nor frightful dreams, but awake in the morning 

 completely refreshed. Consequently the Sabbath comes 

 to the workingman as a complete restorer, as a day of 

 perfect recreation. 



Physical exertion commonly produces only bodily fa- 



