. The American sportsman : containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of game birds and wild fowl of America . ^^^cunt^opt^ CHAPTER XXXI. GENERAL HYGIENIC REMARKS *The first physicians by debauch were made; Excess began, and sloth sustains, the trade. By chase our long-lived fathers earned their food; Toil strung the nerves and purified the blood; But we, their sons, a pampered race of men. Are dwindled down to threescore years and ten. Better to hunt in fields for health unbought. Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend:, God neve
. The American sportsman : containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of game birds and wild fowl of America . ^^^cunt^opt^ CHAPTER XXXI. GENERAL HYGIENIC REMARKS *The first physicians by debauch were made; Excess began, and sloth sustains, the trade. By chase our long-lived fathers earned their food; Toil strung the nerves and purified the blood; But we, their sons, a pampered race of men. Are dwindled down to threescore years and ten. Better to hunt in fields for health unbought. Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend:, God never made his work for man to mend. ATMOSPHERIC VICISSITUDES. PORTSMEN should guard as far as pes- sible against the ill effects arising froncexposure to the various atmospheric vicissi-tudes inseparable from their pursuits. The clothing should be adapted to theseason in which they hunt and the particular sport in which they are engaged;if the weather be warm, a heavy coat is agreat encumbrance, and occasions much unnecessary fatigue; on the contrary, if the weather be cold and boisterous, a light coat 623. 524 lewiss AMERICAN SPORTSMAN. would be equally inappropriate, and expose the wearer to acatarrhal affection, or perhaps an attack of rheumatism. We cannot be too particular in this respect, although many oldveterans may laugh at our remarks, as tending perhaps to effemi-nacy, and say that such precautions are suitable only for dandysportsmen, but quite beneath the notice of those accustomed tobraving all kinds of atmosperic changes while in pursuit of gameeither by land or water, and perfectly regardless of heat or cold,wind or rain. To these we reply, in a hackneyed but neverthelessappropriate phrase, Chacun a son gout; at the same time wedo not deny that there may be some who can brave all theseextraordinary exposures, without apparently suffering any par-ticular inconvenience at the time; but we may recollect, also, thatmany have passed through the impending dangers of a lo
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