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is put into the stomach, nourishes the legs, and that which 

 enters the same receptacle, may surely disease the like 

 parts. That which nurtures health, and that which 

 generates sickness, are more closely allied than we are 

 willing to allow. Thus, a moderate meal nourishes and 

 refreshes ; but the same food taken in too great abun- 

 dance, as surely will bring disease ; and it is of too much 

 food that I have to complain, when I speak of the 

 bowels- as associated with paralysis. Dogs will become 

 great gluttons. They like to do what they see their 

 master doing; but as a dog's repast comes round but 

 once a day, and a human being eats three or four times 

 in the twenty -four hours, so has the animal kept within 

 doors so many additional opportunities of over-gorging 

 itself. Nor is this all. The canine appetite is soon satis- 

 fied ; the meal is soon devoured. But it is far otherwise 

 with the human repast. The dog may consume enough 

 provender in a few minutes to last till the following day 

 comes round ; whereas the man cannot get through the 

 food which is to support him for six hours, in less than 

 half a division of the time here enumerated. Supposing 

 one or two persons to be seated at table, it is very hard 

 to withstand a pair of large, eloquent, and imploring eyes, 

 watching every mouthful the fork lifts from the plate. 

 For a minute or two it may be borne ; but to hold out an 

 entire hour is more than human fortitude is capable of. A 

 bit is thrown to the poor dog that looks so very hungry ; 

 it is eaten quickly, and then the eyes are at work again. 

 Perhaps the other end of the board is tried, and the appeal 



