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ON FRESH AIR. 



well as the stoutest bullock on Scotland's 

 highest moors. 



But, although civilisation has put it out of 

 the power of man in general to bear the in- 

 clemency of the weather with full impunity, it 

 ought not to follow on that account that he 

 should render himself still more unfit, by so 

 pertinaciously excluding the fresh air from his 

 apartments. It is a pity that we cannot man- 

 age matters in such a manner as to enjoy our- 

 selves within doors, and at the same time run 

 no risk of catching cold when exposed to the 

 vicissitudes of the weather without. This 

 might easily be effected by a well regulated 

 ventilation. 



Here, let me remark, that he who first pro- 

 posed the health-destroying window tax, ought 

 to have been sent to jthe pillory once a month, 

 during the remainder of his life : and that those 

 who gave it their sanction, ought to have been 

 condemned to work in the capacity of night- 

 soilers for fourteen years at least. 



Ventilation, however, would not always suit 

 the nature of some of our factories ; and where 

 that is the case, the operatives must submit to 

 disease in its foulest shape without repining, as 



