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times forty-eight hours in open boats ; 
get their feet wet; and when they come 
home have but very sorry cheer to accom¬ 
modate themselves with; nor is their daily 
employment sufficiently laborious to 
prove a healthful exercise. Hence pro¬ 
ceed colds, coughs, phthisis pulmonalis, 
and every thing which renders the frame 
a complete nest of complicated disorders. 
The women above the common rank, 
lead a very sedentary life, and seldom 
appear out of doors, unless at church, 
which, probably on account of its great 
distance from them, they do not often 
visit. Besides, tea has found its way in¬ 
to these dreary regions, a constant use 
of which is the well known enemy of 
those who lead sedentary lives, and do 
not take exercise sufficient to promote 
the necessary secretions. Hence come 
on relaxation of the solids, indigestion, 
flatulency, glandular obstructions, hys¬ 
terics, &c. 
None of the female sex here appeared 
