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exhausted frame of the ardent Sportsman, and thus make him 

 ready for the pleasures or business of the succeeding day. Sleep 

 acts as a balm to his excited system, and restores that just equi- 

 librium of the vital functions so much deranged by long-con- 

 tinued efforts in search of game. Without a fair quantum of 

 healthful repose, it is impossible for any one to pursue the sports 

 of the field with that zest and ardor that every lover of the Gun 

 and Dog should possess. 



Sleep, however, to be beneficial, should be moderate and not 

 over-indulged in, but, as before observed, should be regulated 

 by the amount of labor undergone. Excess of sleep renders the 

 system relaxed, and even enervates the whole physical as well 

 as mental apparatus. Less sleep is required in warm weather 

 than in cold, and Nature herself seems to have regulated this 

 fact by giving us the long nights of winter for sleep, and the 

 short nights of Summer for siestas only. 



Some individuals require much more sleep than others. We 

 are satisfied with six or seven hours under ordinary circum- 

 stances, and are led to believe that most persons can get along 

 with a similar quantity. It is astonishing with what little sleep 

 some persons of active disposition accustom themselves to, either 

 from necessity or habit; while, on the other hand, many slothful 

 drones, whose whole time is spent in strutting about like Turkey- 

 Cocks up and down our principal streets, are not satisfied with 

 double and treble, nay, even quadruple, the repose that many of 

 our most active citizens require. 



It is well known that many of the most distinguished Com- 

 manders, who have made the earth tremble with their great 

 deeds, allotted but two or three hours of the twenty-four to 

 sleep, even during the fatigues of the most exciting campaigns; 

 Napoleon and Frederick the Great arf both instances of this 

 fact. 



GALLED HEELS. 



If by any mishap your heel should get galled, the inconve- 

 nience can often be remedied by adopting the plan recommended 

 by Hawker, but which we, as well as many others, adopted 

 before reading it in the Colonel's work : Take a small particle 



