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such a day's journey, feels far less fatigue than when his 

 exercise is without excitement, and he becomes satisfied 

 that the means he is employing answers the purpose in- 

 tended, nd therefore, instead of being discouraged, he is 

 filled with the hope of a final, and speedy recovery. 



803. A highly intelligent female invalid, whose circum- 

 stances allowed her to select the best means of improving 

 her health, employed for a considerable time daily exer- 

 cise, either on horseback or in an open carriage, in the 

 form of little excursions from her residence. From this 

 method, however, and for the reasons above stated, she 

 obtained little else than fatigue, listlessness, and discourage- 

 ment. Having relinquished it, therefore, for a journey 

 through a fine country, at a good season of the year, she 

 returned so much improved as to astonish her friends, as 

 well as herself, that such a change could have been effect- 

 ed in so short a period : and nearly every reader will no 

 doubt remember similar cases, which have come within his 

 own knowledge. 



804. Exciting Exercise absolutely necessary to the 

 studious. And now, in closing this part of our subject, 

 we cannot but desire to impress it upon the minds of those 

 into whose hands this volume may fall, and who are des- 

 tined to spend their lives in literary pursuits, or in clerical 

 labors, that an uninterrupted and long-continued course 

 of study, or of ministerial duties, without exciting relaxa- 

 tion, is, from the very organization of our systems, in 

 most cases, absolutely impossible. The kind of exercise 

 must of course depend on the choice, or taste, or muscular 

 powers of the individual only, to answer any good pur- 

 pose ; as a restorative means, it must be exciting to the 

 brain, and if possible, be repeated every day, or at least 

 every two or three days, until the equilibrium of the 

 system is restored, and when this is done, must be con- 

 tinued habitually in order to insure a permanency of good 

 health. 



805. The above considerations and remarks, with re- 

 spect to exercise in adults, although they do not apply im- 

 mediately to youth, for whose instruction this work is 

 chiefly intended, still it is hoped will not be deemed en- 

 tirely out of place, since it is highly important that the 



