THE TURF. 
reduce himself from his natural weight to sometimes 
a stone and a half below it. What food do they live 
on ? For breakfast, a small piece of bread and butter, 
with tea in moderation. Dinner is taken very sparingly ; 
a very small piece of pudding and less meat ; and when 
fish is to be obtained, neither one nor the other is 
allowed. Wine and water is the usual beverage, in the 
proportion of one pint to two of water. Tea in the 
afternoon, with little or no bread and butter, and no 
supper. What exercise do they get, and what hours 
of rest ? After breakfast, having sufficiently loaded 
themselves with clothes, that is, with five or six waist- 
coats, two coats, and as many pairs of breeches, a 
severe walk is taken, from ten to fifteen miles. After 
their return home, dry clothes are substituted for those 
that are wet with perspiration, and, if much fatigued, 
some of them lie down for an hour or so before their 
dinner ; after which no severe exercise is taken, but 
the remaining part of the day is spent in a way most 
agreeable to themselves. They generally go to bed 
by nine o'clock, and continue there till six or seven 
next morning. What medicine do they take ? Some 
of them, who do not like excessive walking, have 
recourse to purgative medicines, Glauber salts only. 
Would Mr. Sandiver recommend a similar process to 
reduce corpulency in other persons ? Mr. Sandiver 
would recommend a similar process to reduce corpulency 
in either sex, as the constitution does not appear to be 
injured by it ; but he is apprehensive that hardly any 
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