CHAPTER III. 



See the wretch, that long has toss'd 



On the thorny bed of pain, 

 At length repair his vigour lost, 

 And breathe and walk again. 

 The meanest floweret of the vale, 

 The simplest note that swells the gale, 

 The common sun, the air, the skies, 

 To him are opening paradise. 



GRAY. 



EFFECTS OF THE CLIMATE UPON DISEASE. 



GENERAL CLAIMS OF SOUTHPORT AS A SANATORIUM. 

 SUGGESTIONS FOR INVALIDS. 



^WN offering some advice to those who have left home in 

 pursuit of health, it is necessary to dwell somewhat at 

 large upon the importance of maintaining a hopeful state of 

 mind. Though it is said, 



" Hope springs eternal in the human breast," 

 it is not easy to cherish and retain that feeling under circum- 



