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temperament and constitution. There are 

 people who cannot stand salt air, much as they 

 love it ; and I have known earnest lovers of the 

 sea and the coast to suffer such agonies from 

 throat and lung troubles when living near the 

 ocean, that no amount of pleasure to be de- 

 rived from water sports could atone for these 

 drawbacks. Every man should make a certain 

 number of experiments in determining what 

 part of the world, within certain limits, is best 

 suited to his needs and purposes. People are 

 too prone to settle down meekly wherever the 

 Fates cast them. There comes a time in life 

 when almost every man can (perhaps by a little 

 sacrifice) cut loose from money-making work 

 of a routine character and take some sort of 

 what I should call rational employment in the 

 open air, whether it be fishing, gardening, or 

 hunting. When such a time comes, why 

 should not the man who determines upon so 

 important a change, look over the whole field? 

 We have almost all conditions of climate and 

 soil within a few days of us. I have known 

 busy New Yorkers to cut loose from the bank 

 or the business desk, and adopt life down on 



