. The American sportsman: containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of the game birds, and wild fowl of America . ?um. ipToP CHAPTER XXX L GENERAL HYGIENIC REMARKS. • The first Physicians bj debauch were made;Excess began, and Sloth sustains the chase our longlivd fathers earnd their food ;Toil strung the nerves and purified the blood !But we, their sons, a pamperd race of men,Are dwindled down to threescore years and to hunt in fields for health unbought,Tlian fee the doctor for a nauseous wise for cure on Exercise depend ;God never made
. The American sportsman: containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of the game birds, and wild fowl of America . ?um. ipToP CHAPTER XXX L GENERAL HYGIENIC REMARKS. • The first Physicians bj debauch were made;Excess began, and Sloth sustains the chase our longlivd fathers earnd their food ;Toil strung the nerves and purified the blood !But we, their sons, a pamperd race of men,Are dwindled down to threescore years and to hunt in fields for health unbought,Tlian fee the doctor for a nauseous wise for cure on Exercise depend ;God never made his work for man to mend. ATMOSrHERlC VICISSITUDES. The Sportsman should guard as far as possible against theill effects arising from exposure to the various atmosphericvicissitudes inseparable from his pursuits. His clothing should be adapted to the season in which hehunts, and the particular sport in which he is engaged ; if theweather be warm, a heavy coat is a great encumbrance, andoccasions much unnecessary fatigue; on the contrary, if theweather be cold and boisterous, a light coat would be equallyinappropriate, and expose
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