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CHAPTER XXXI. 



GENERAL HYGIENIC REMARKS. 



"The first physicians by debauch were made; 

 Excess began, and sloth sustains, the trade. 

 By chase our long-lived fathers earned their food ; 

 Toil strung the nerves and purified the blood; 

 But we, their sons, a pampered race of men, 

 Are dwindled down to threescore years and ten. 

 Better to hunt in fields for health unbought. 

 Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. 

 The wise for cure on exercise depend : 

 God never made his work for man to mend." 



ATMOSPHERIC VICISSITUDES. 



PORTSMEN should guard as far as pos 

 sible against the ill eflfects arising froir 

 exposure to the various atmospheric vicissi- 

 tudes inseparable from their pursuits. 



The clothing should be adapted to the 

 season in which they hunt and the par 

 ticular sport in which they are 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 



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