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down Rules of Diet for liimself, and recommended others^ 

 who wished to preserve their health, to follow his example. 



*' A young Horseman," he says in one of his works, " who 

 wishes to enjoy the greatest possible amount of Hunting, 

 should ensure it by taking the greatest possible care — not of 

 his neck, not even of his life — for, as has been shown, the less 

 he interferes with his horse in jumping the better he will go — 

 but of his Stomach, i.e. his Health. To attain this object he 

 has no penance to undergo whatever ; for as he is undergoing 

 strong exercise, his system requires — is entitled to and 

 ought to be allowed — ample suj^jDort : say a capital Breakfast ; a 

 Crust of Bread in the middle of the day ; and after Hunting is 

 over, a glass of pure Water ! to bring him home to a good 

 wholesome Dinner, with three or four glasses of super-excellent 

 Wine. Instead, however, of subsisting on the healthy diet 

 just described, the ordinary practice of many Hunting-Men is 

 to add the following ingredients : — 



" (1) After breakfast, before mounting the spicey Cover- Hack 

 — a Cigar. 



" (2) On arriving at a hand-gallop at the Meet — a Cigar. 



" (3) At two o'clock, some cold grouse — a long drain at a flat 

 flask full of Sherry or Brandy and Water, and— a Cigar. 



" (4) Refreshment at some road-side Inn for man and horse — 

 a Cigar. 

 ■ " (5) While riding home ; per hour — a Cigar. 



"(6) On reaching home; a heavy Dinner, Wine, &c., and 

 — a Cigar. 



" For a short time a stout system is exhilarated, and a strong 

 stomach invigorated, by a series of gifts so munificently 

 bestowed upon them by the right hand of their Lord and 

 Master ; but this slight constant Intoxication produced by 

 Tobacco, Vinous and Spirituous Liquors, with a superabun- 

 dance of ostrich-food, sooner or later, first weakens the Stomach, 

 and then gradually debilitates the system of the strong man, 

 as well as of the puny one. The first symptom of prominent 

 decay is announced by " the nerves ;" which, to the astonish- 

 ment of the young Rider, sometimes fail so rapidly, that while 

 the whole of the rest of his system appears to himself, and to 

 others, as vigorous as ever, he is compelled to admit that 

 " funking " has set in, and increases, do what he will. By 

 giving the poor willing Stomach more food and liquor than it 



