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CHAPTER XXX L 



GENERAL HYGIENIC REMARKS. 



•' The first Physicians bj' debauch were made ; 

 Excess began, and Sloth sustains the trade. 

 By chase our longliv'd fathers earn'd their food ; 

 Toil strung the nerves and purified the blood ! 

 But we, their sons, a pamper'd race of men, 

 Are dwindled down to threescore years and ten. 

 Better to hunt in fields for health unbought, 

 Tlian fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. 

 The wise for cure on Exercise depend ; 

 God never made his work for man to mend." 



ATMOSrHERlC VICISSITUDES. 



The Sportsman should guard as far as possible against the 

 ill effects arising from exposure to the various atmospheric 

 vicissitudes inseparable from his pursuits. 



His clothing should be adapted to the season in which he 

 hunts, and the particular sport in which he is engaged ; if the 

 weather be warm, a heavy coat is a great encumbrance, and 

 occasions much unnecessary fatigue; on the contrary, if the 

 weather be cold and boisterous, a light coat would be equally 

 inappropriate, and expose the wearer to a catarrhal affection, 

 or perhaps an attack of rheumatism. 



