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conveyed to the whole inner frame by the 

 blood circulating through the extremities. A 

 cup of warm tea, or a basin of warm broth, has 

 the like warming effect, coming in the stomach 

 almost in contact with the great arterial and 

 venous trunks. Hot tea is better even, as less 

 exciting than the aqua ardente you spoke of, or 

 any other spirituous dram, the effect of which 

 is only temporary, and is liable to be followed 

 by depression. Even if perspiring from exer- 

 cise, unavoidable in warm weather, the same 

 precaution of change of clothing is hardly less 

 necessary, or is less conducive to comfort than 

 it is to health. 



AMICUS. Now we have got on this subject, 

 tell me, if you can, the best way of resisting 

 what I have often found unpleasant the getting 

 my face scorched, and lips cracked and ulcerated 

 from exposure on these excursions, exposure to 

 sun and wind ; and the effect, if I am not mis- 

 taken, is as much from the latter as the former. 



PISCATOR. You are probably right in ex- 

 pressing the opinion that the wind is concerned 

 as well as the sun: it may act by its drying 

 influence as much as the sun does by its 

 stimulating inflaming influence. The latter 



