HOW TO EAT AND DKINK FOR HUNTING. 99 



But the same remark is applicable, not only to every 

 profession, but to all our amusements and recreations. 

 A young horseman, therefore, who wishes to enjoy the 

 greatest possible amount of hunting, should ensure it by 

 taking the greatest possible care, not of his neck — not 

 even of his life, for, as has been shown, the less he 

 interferes with his horse in jumping, the safer he will 

 go — but of his stomach, or in other words, of his health. 

 To attain this object he has no penance whatever to 

 perform, for, as he is undergoing strong exercise, his 

 system requires, is entitled to, and ought to be allowed 

 ample support, say a capital breakfast ; a crust of sweet 

 bread in the middle of the day; and after hunting is 

 over, a glass of pure cold water to bring him home to 

 a good, wholesome dinner, with three or four glasses of 

 super-excellent wine. Now if a young rider were to 

 resolve to rough it on, or as many of his companions 

 would call it, to " stint himself" to, the diet above 

 described, he would sit down to every meal with an 

 appetite that nothing but healthy hunger can create ; 

 and thus, even from the sensual gratification' of eating 

 and drinking, he would derive the maximum of enjoy- 

 ment, which would not only on the following day exhi- 

 larate his spirits, and strengthen his body, but which, 

 by invigorating his nerves as well as liis stomach, would 

 maintain for him, to old age, the best possible recreation 



