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abundance of whatever is required to protect the 

 body from the inclemency of cold, and to support 

 the vigour of the constitution from its influence. 

 The food of northern inhabitants is substantial 

 and nutritious ; it is generally of an animal na- 

 ture ; the clothes in which they are dressed are 

 the skins of different kinds of animals, or, if the 

 labour of art be employed, they are such as are 

 well adapted to defend the surface of the body. 

 The internal organs being rather invigorated than 

 stimulated by the mode of living, and the surface 

 of the body having a moderate temperature, pre- 

 served by additional or warm clo firing, the vital 

 functions are enabled to continue their operations 

 with slight modifications to the system. 



CLXIV. The winter in Paris is frequently 

 found less easy to bear with comfort than the 

 same in countries farther north, where the ther- 

 mometer indicates a lower degree of temperature. 

 The explanation of this phenomenon depends 

 npon three general causes : 1st, The circulation is 

 more exposed to the agency of cold, in this and in 

 similar regions, from the greater heat of autumn, or 

 its longer continuance : %d, The clothing is light, 

 and furnishes an insufficient protection against the 

 severity of cold ; and, lastly, the Jood which is 

 taken is more stimulating than invigorating: all 

 which circumstances are at variance with those 

 which preserve the constitution in more tempe- 



