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The dietary was as follows : — 



Plain clear soup, all sorts of fish except salmon, all sorts of meat, 

 all vegetables that are eaten raw, such as lettuce, radishes, celery, 

 etc., fresh fruit, eggs, hard biscuits or "pulled-bread." My drinks 

 were tea without cream, milk or sugar, pale dry sherry, claret, and 

 cold whisky and water. Very little plain water and never a " long 

 drink " of anything. 



I did not eat or drink the following : Rich thick soup or gravies, 

 salmon, potatoes, cooked vegetables, cheese, bread, butter, sweets, 

 sugar, pastry, preserved fruits or porridge, never a drop of milk, 

 cream, golden sherry, champagne, ale, porter, port or punch. 



I believe anything that produces sugar or starch is fattening, but the 

 fat of meat is not, and taking long draughts of anything, even water 

 produces corpulency, and nothing makes one fat as much as parsnips, 

 carrots, turnips, bread or potatoes. 



Since I had to give up hunting and strong exercise I eat and drink 

 everything that is good whenever I get the chance, with the result 

 that I am now 14st. weight ! Were I to reduce this to my old 12st. Tibs, 

 form I am pretty certain bad health would be the result. 



We know that animals of medium size are the best for doing hard 

 work with ease to themselves. The same, I think, applies to the 

 human being. Men 5ft. Sin. or 9in. and weighing about 12st. Tibs., and 

 women of stature 5in. shorter and 2st. less in weight, if well made, are, 

 in my opinion, the best at playing the game all round. 



I have for years been addicted to what I am sure would be to many 

 a very bad habit. I smoke before breakfast and immediately before 

 dinner. From so doing I have derived no bad effect, and I look upon 

 these two smokes as the most enjoyable of the day, doubtless from the 

 fact that upon an empty stomach the flavour of the tobacco acts more 

 pungently than it does after meals. That I am singular in this taste is 

 proved by that, with the exception of Lord Waterford, I never met 

 anyone to agree with me on the subject. During cub hunting his 

 lordship acquired the habit of smoking before breakfast, and I learned 

 it while hunting my foot beagles in the early mornings. I am far from 

 recommending others to follow this example of mine. 



To sum up the rules which, in my opinion, are best to follow so as 

 to preserve good health and give a man the best chance of a long life, 

 I should say : — 



a. Early to bed, early to rise. 



h. A cold bath after sleeping in a well-ventilated room with his head 

 to the north. 



c. A substantial breakfast and dinner cooked plainly. 



d. No drink in the daytime, but a fair allowance of best quality at 



and after a seven o'clock dinner. 



e. Gloves, dumb-bells, outdoor evercise, and Sport of any sort. 



This regime can be adhered to even by those employed many hours a 

 day at business, and until they become octogenarians, if they only 

 choose to do so. 



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