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injures the digestive organs. When we are much 

 heated by exercise, and perspiring profusely, we 

 ought never to drink cold water. Many accidents 

 have happened from this imprudence the sys- 

 tem not being able to bear the shock. 



Questions. 



For what purpose do we eat and drink T 



Why do young people eat more than old people ? 



What is the reason that our meals consist of different sorts 

 of food ? 



How may the simplest fare be made a luxury 1 



What are the best promoters of appetite 1 



Is it well to eat a great deal ? 



What are the objects of cooking? 



Why should we not take food oftener than every three or 

 four hours 1 



What is the best drink 1 



Why should we not drink wine at dinner 1 



To what is the early use of wine likely to lead 1 



Of what does drunkenness deprive us, and what may be the 

 consequences'? 



Why should we abstain from very hot food or drink 1 



LESSON XXII. 



OF CLOTHING. 



OUR dress should be made in such a manner, 

 and of such materials, that we may feel neither 

 uncomfortably hot, nor uncomfortably cold. It 

 should, therefore, be suited to the season, and the 

 particulaV habit of body or the state of health. 



