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PRECAUTIONS. 



woollens of all kinds and linens can be procured here 

 much cheaper than in the United States. 



Strangers should be cautious about sleeping with their 

 windows open towards the land. The night air is chilly 

 and damp, and sometimes impregnated with malaria from 

 distant marshes and lagoons. It is not however, in my 

 judgment, as dangerous as the night air on the banks of the 

 Hudson. 



The temptation to indulge in fruit to excess here, is so 

 great as to make a word of caution upon that point not 

 superfluous. It is generally supposed that one cannot eat 

 too many oranges, for example, and as they abound here in 

 perfection, the error becomes as serious as it is common. 

 It is never worth while to eat more than two or three 

 oranges in the course of a day, and though more may 

 sometimes be eaten with impunity, a more free indulgence 

 is very apt to induce a feverish and morbid condition of 

 the system. Of other fruits, the same temperance needs to 

 be observed. All that is required is the exercise of a little 

 judgment, not forgetting, amid these unaccustomed boun- 

 ties of nature, the proportions of fruit and vegetable diet 

 to which your constitution is accustomed. 



Keep out of the sun as much as practicable, and avoid 

 of all things, violent and heating exercises until you 

 understand the symptoms by which your constitution 

 reveals the influence of the climate upon it. A stranger 



