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in excellent health, I drink freely of thy refreshing 

 waters, and plunge daily into thy hot baths. They, 

 no doubt, add strength and flexibility to my 

 muscles and my tendons, which, he who shall read 

 the continuation of my autobiography, will learn, 

 have suffered somewhat, from the effects of temerity, 

 and misadventure, but are now restored to an 

 elasticity, as , though I had only just passed the 

 prime of life. 



