100 TOBACCO : ITS HISTORY. 



My appetite is vigorous : digestion absolutely 

 perfect. I rarely, if ever, retire to bed before 

 twelve o'clock at night, often later ; but I know 

 no unrest. Sleep, always without dreams, re- 

 stores me to myself at seven of the morning, 

 always ready for work. Six to eight hours' sleep 

 suffice me ; but I can do with three, nay even 

 two hours, when pushed for time by some interest- 

 ing idea or pursuit. 



I have never been drunk, tipsy, nor " under the 

 influence of liquor^^ in all my life, and firmly be- 

 lieve that I never shall be. 



Such are some few items of a smoker's life, 

 which will be well known to many of my readers. 

 Truly, I live by rule, availing myself of all the 

 ascertained truths of organic chemistry and physi- 

 ology in the matter of health, convinced that, if 

 we do not live by rule, nature will certainly kill 

 us by rule and compass. Mere life is to me an 

 intense enjoyment, feeling in no organ an obstruc- 

 tion, in no member a burthen. My eye-sight is 

 as good as ever it was in my earliest youth as 

 far as I can remember ; my memory most re- 

 tentive. Headache is to me almost unknown; 



