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is better adapted to a warm climate than animal, 

 I think we may admit; and particularly among 

 unseasoned Europeans, as it is not so apt to induce 

 plethora. 



The newly-arrived European invalid should con- 

 tent himself with plain breakfasts of bread-and- 

 butter, with tea or coffee ; and avoid indulging in 

 meat, fish, eggs, or buttered toast. 



In regard to dinner, Europeans appear to study 

 convenience rather than health, by deferring that meal 

 till after sunset The gorgeous table, the savoury 

 .viands, the stimulating wines of the evening feast, 

 prolonged by the fascination of social converse, 

 greatly exacerbate the nocturnal paroxysm of fever 

 imposed on us by the hand of nature, and break with 

 feverish dreams the hours which should be dedicated 

 to repose. 



The consequences resulting jErom this are quite 

 obvious. It may be observed that the natives them- 

 selves usually make their principal meal soon after 

 four o'clock, when the heat is less distressing, and 

 insects neither so numerous nor teasing, > as they 

 generally are in the summer months; but during 

 winter we are freer from these little pests and all the 

 disagreeableness accompanying hot weather. 



He, then, who consults his health in Bermuda, or 



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