156 ON FRESH AIR. 



things would go better with us, both night and 

 day, than they do at present. 



From the remarks which I have hastily put 

 together in this paper, I trust we may safely 

 conclude, that when the soft and downy pre- 

 parations for the repose of the night have been 

 completed, we do wrong, very wrong indeed, 

 to exclude the night air from our apartments. 

 That we can absolutely do without it is certain ; 

 but that we should do better with it, is equally 

 certain ; and we draw this conclusion from an 

 inspection of all animated nature, for we see 

 the beasts of the earth, and the fowls of heaven, 

 passing the whole of their life unprotected by 

 artificial means, and thriving well, either in 

 the noonday sun, or under the nocturnal dews, 

 or exposed to the four rude winds of the sky, 

 even when winter has set in. 



Still civilised man will never change his usual 

 habits, but will go snoring on from night to 

 night, awake this hour, and dozing that, whilst 

 his lungs, if they had the power of speech, 

 would cry out and say : " Oh ! we cannot stand 

 this nasty atmosphere ; we are obliged to work 

 all night, and still you seem to have no pity 

 for us. What with the unwholesome vapours, 



