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WANDERINGS IN 
THIRD 
JOURNKY 
Raiment 
and diet- 
of sickness, what little knowledge I had acquired of 
' medicine. 
I would here, gentle reader, wish to draw thy 
attention, for a few minutes, to physic, raiment, and 
diet. Shouldst thou ever wander through these re¬ 
mote and dreary wilds, forget not to carry with thee 
bark, laudanum, calomel, and jalap, and the lancet. 
There are no druggist shops here, nor sons of Galen 
to apply to in time of need. I never go encumbered 
with many clothes. A thin flannel waistcoat under 
a check shirt, a pair of trowsers, and a hat, were all 
my wardrobe: shoes and stockings I seldom had on. 
In dry weather they would have irritated the feet, 
and retarded me in the chase of wild beasts; and in 
the rainy season they would have kept me in a per¬ 
petual state of damp and moisture. I eat moderately, 
and never drink wine, spirits, or fermented liquors 
in any climate. This abstemiousness has ever proved 
a faithful friend; it carried me triumphant through 
the epidemia at Malaga, where death made such 
havoc about the beginning of the present century; 
and it has since befriended me in many a fit of 
sickness, brought on by exposure to the noon-day 
sun, to the dews of night, to the pelting shower, and 
unwholesome food. 
Perhaps it will be as well, here, to mention a fever 
which came on, and the treatment of it; it may pos¬ 
sibly be of use to thee, shouldst thou turn wanderer 
m the tropics : a word or two also of a w^ound I got 
in the forest, and then we will say no more of the 
little accidents which sometimes occur, and attend 
