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a considerable extent, in a very simple and easy 

 manner. It must be recollected, that the tempe-r 

 rature of the atmosphere, sub dio, in the summer 

 season, exceeds that of the blood by many degrees ; 

 therefore, cotton, from its slowness as a conductor 

 of heat, is admirably adapted for the hot season, and 

 cooler than linen, inasmuch as it conducts more 

 slowly the excess of external heat to our bodies. 

 Cotton, also, abstracts more slowly the heat from 

 our bodies, and thus preserves a more steady equili- 

 brium there, when a vicissitude takes place, and the • 

 atmospherical' temperature sinks suddenly far below 

 that of the body. To these must be added the 

 facility with which cotton absorbs the perspiration : 

 while linen would feel quite wet, and if exposed to 

 a breeze, under such circumstances, would often 

 occasion a shiver, which might be followed by dan- 

 gerous consequences. 



Flannel, on the contrary, is superior to cotton in 

 the cooler months, and is adopted by many expe- 

 rienced and seasoned Europeans. 



To guard against coup de soleil, a light palmetto 

 hat, covered with white cotton, should be worn when 

 exposed to the sun, between the hours of ten and four 

 in the day. 



Food. — That vegetable food, generally speaking, 



