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4. Costiveness must be prevented by attention to diet. Eal 

 moderately of flesh meat, but with it plenty of vegetables. 

 There is not a better nor more wholesome mess at sea than 

 pease soup, when seasoned with onions or eelery-seed ; exer- 

 cise upon deck is conducive to health in general ; it strengthens 

 the stomach and bowels ; it promotes digestion, and enables 

 every organ to perform its functions. Some mild laxative 

 medicine may be taken now and then, as the aloetic pill of 

 the shops. 



5. While at sea, make a hearty breakfast of tea or coffee, 

 with plenty of biscuit and butter. The same at five or six 

 o'clock in the afternoon. Take nothing between breakfast 

 and dinner, nor be prevailed on to partake of the meridian 

 bowl. This palls the appetite, weakens the stomach, and oc- 

 casions a confusion in the head. 



6. Care must be taken that the live stock be regularly fed 

 and kept clean, otherwise they will soon be in a diseased state, 

 and die ; or, if killed, not fit to be brought to the table. 



7. Dinner, when on board of ship, or on shore, should 

 consist of a due proportion of animal food and vegetables ; 

 no rich sauces, or highly seasoned food. Eat moderately, 

 and always rise from the table with an a/ppetite. 



8. During dinner, take a glass of water, or good brisk 

 small-beer. The absurd practice of drinking several glasses 

 of wine, while eating, should be abolished : Three glasses of 

 wine after dinner may be taken, or a draught of porter or 

 ale ; but a mixture of liquors never fails to disorder the sto- 

 mach and head. 



9. Supper. A slice of cold meat, and a draught of porter. 

 Go to bed soon, and rise early. Wash your face and hands 

 in cold salt water. 



A person who observes temperance, sleeps sound, rises re- 

 freshed, and is fit for any exertions of body and mind through- 

 out the day. But the intemperate and luxurious are soon 

 fatigued and debilitated ; they are unfit for labour or exer. 



