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tricts during the season of these poisonous exhalation?, it be- 

 hooves him to be extremely cautious how he exposes himself to 

 their deleterious influences. He should not, in the first place, 

 be too eager to sally forth to the fields before the morning 

 mists are absorbed by the benign rays of the sun, and all the 

 malarious effluvia wafted off by the gentle morning breezes. 

 Nor should he toil too much in the heat of the day, so as to 

 enervate his frame to such an extent as to destroy the equable 

 balance of health, and thus render his system more susceptible 

 to the poisonous malaria engendered around him. Nor should 

 he permit his love of sport to beguile him to remain out in the 

 field after father Sol has dipped below the horizon ; otherwise 

 the evening's fog may shortly treat him to an unfriendly " shake." 

 But, above all, he should avoid sleeping in malarious districts 

 with open windows. If the weather be chilly, have a fire if 

 possible in your bedroom, or fumigate it thoroughly with 

 cigar smoke before retiring; we say cigar smoke, as this is 

 generally the most pleasant mode of fumigation that a Sports- 

 man has it in his power to resort to. In the absence of this, 

 however, have recourse to the burning of paper, or rags ; or 

 adopt any other method that the ingenuity of the party may 

 suo-ofest. A little brown sug-ar or a handful of feathers, thrown 

 on a hot shovel, will assist materially in disinfecting a sleeping 

 apartment in a malarious region. 



The exhalations of a noxious country are all destroyed by 

 the cold weather, and we may then visit those districts which 

 are quite unapproachable during the Spring and Summer 

 months, owing to the existence of this aeriform substance, 

 termed miasma, that is sure to fix upon a stranger who is so 

 imprudent as to venture there in the sickly season. 



"With relish would you taste your rich repast, 

 'Tis appetite must make that relish last ; 

 If the great Orator did right to say 

 That eloquence in action, action lay : 

 And will you ask me, appetite comes whence ? 

 A fortiori, I should answer — thence. 

 You want, what you may think an idle notion, 

 Perpetual exercise ! perpetual motion ! 

 A substitute for bread, your poorer neighbor ; 

 But you require a substitute — for labor!" 



