66 DIRECTIONS 



and most excellent naval officer,* whose 

 custom it was to hang on his cabin-door, 

 every night before retiring to rest, his own 

 written instructions for the guidance of 

 the officer of the watch. I need not say 

 they varied with circumstances, and were 

 generally written in that jocular spirit, 

 that would be justly appreciated by offi- 

 cers, with whom he always lived on the 

 best of terms: 



" All physicians, from Hippocrates and 

 Galen, down to the learned and cele- 

 brated Dr. Eady, have decided that pre- 

 vention is better than cure. Keep a 

 d good look out do ! " 



Lofty and well- ventilated stables, that 

 should not be crowded, and particular at- 

 tention directed to the animals' diet being 

 sweet and wholesome ; with good grooming, 

 in which care against the horses taking cold 

 should be included, as well as cleanliness in 



* The late Admiral Sir Joseph Sidney Yorke. 



