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with these displays of fancy travelling. He is 
warned by many unpleasant remembrances that 
strength is easily got rid of, but difficult to re¬ 
gain. He goes warily, and prefers the slow and 
steady progress to the dashing and disastrous. 
Sitting out at night on the verandah is also a 
mistake. It is enjoyable—nothing can be more 
so; but it is very perilous, as the instant the 
sun sets the air becomes charged with malaria. 
“ Early to bed and early to rise ” is the rule of 
life for all who wish to enjoy the tropics. The 
cold bath is also to be eschewed—not the bath, 
but the cold bath. Water slightly warmed should 
be preferred at all times; and failing this, it is 
safer to neglect the bath, painful as the very 
suggestion of such an idea may seem to many 
of my readers, than to risk the enormous strain 
upon the action of the heart which a plunge into 
spring water involves in hot countries. The feet 
should be kept out of the sun, and carefully 
covered when riding in the filar*jdna, and always 
kept dry and warm. It is a mistake to suppose 
that thin clothing is the very best wear for 
tropical climates. On the contrary, it is a source 
of much ill-health, as it fails to afford that pro¬ 
tection from the heat of the sun which is neces¬ 
sary at all times. A stout woollen or serge cloth 
is best, and certainly most comfortable. 
I fear I can suggest no remedy for the ever 
