CHAPTER VI 



SPORT AND HEALTH 



MOST men would, I think, say that one 

 of the reasons for their devotion to 

 sport was that it brought health. This is no 

 doubt true to a orreat extent, and a life oiven 

 up to outdoor pursuits is on the whole the 

 healthiest kind of existence. Life in the open 

 air is undoubtedly wholesome, and even under 

 the hot sun of the tropics I think as a rule 

 those times when we are under canvas, either 

 on a campaign or in pursuit of game, are the 

 periods when less ill effects are felt from 

 the climate than those which are spent in 

 houses with all the appliances that make 

 life easy. Yet it cannot be denied that men, 

 and women too, have injured and cio injure 

 their health in a serious manner while in 

 pursuit of sport both in India and in England. 



This is likely to be the case more particularly 



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