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your wet feet before the blazing fire, but off with those uncom- 

 fortable appendages to your lower extremities, and replace them 

 with dry ones. 



OVERHEATED. 



When overheated from extraordinary exertion, avoid placing 

 yourself in a draught of air, and shun the almost uncontrollable 

 desire to hastily quench your burning thirst with the crystal 

 waters of some sylvan stream, that bubbles seductively at your 

 feet; as a sudden checking of the perspiratory functions by these 

 means often produces the most serious consequences, and even 

 death itself has followed in the track of such imprudence. Do 

 not be tempted, no matter how great your fatigue, to remain 

 quiescent for any time, while in a state of free perspiration, in 

 a damp or wet place ; do not sit down to rest your wearied 

 limbs, but keep in gentle motion, until your skin has assumed 

 its natural temperature, and then you may quaff freely and rest 

 in safety. A professional acquaintance of the author, a few 

 years since, fell a victim to his own folly by going into a damp 

 cellar, and remaining for some time, by way of cooling himself 

 during an excessively hot day in Summer. 



If hot or thirsty, mix a little wine, spirits, or vinegar, the 

 latter if you be a teetotaler, with the water before drinking it ; 

 this precaution will counteract any bad effects arising from 

 partaking of the fluid when in an excited state. It is also well 

 to bathe the wrists and temples before drinking. 



STATE OF THE ATMOSPHERE. 



/ There is certainly a vast difference between the air of the 

 mountains and that of the low marshy districts of our country. 

 The former is pure and healthy, while the latter is corrupt, and 

 often poisonous. The one contains all the natural constituents 

 for supplying the respiratory functions with that food so essen- 

 tial to their well-being, while the other is tainted with the 

 germs or exciting causes of numerous epidemic and endemic 

 affections. 



Therefore, if the Sportsman should visit the malarious dis- 



