British Manly Exercises

T R A I N I N G . 281 ener of the muscles, and of every part on which activity depends. As to the vital system, training, we are told, always appears to benefitthe state of the lungs. Indeed, oneof its most strikingeffects is to improve the wind : that is, to enable aman to draw a larger inspiration, and to hold his breath longer. As to the intellectual system, SirJ. Sinclair observes, that, bytraining, the mental faculties arealso improved; the attention being more ready, and the perception more acute, owing probably tothe clearness of the stomach, and better digestion. It must, therefore, be admitted, that the most beneficial consequences togeneral health arise from training. The simplicity of the rules of training is assuredly a great recommendation to a trial of the experiment. The whole process may be resolved into the following princi­ ples:—1st, the evacuating, which cleanses the stomach and intestines ;—2d, the sweating, which takes off the superfluities of fat and humours;—3d, the daily course of exercise, which improves the wind and strengthens the muscles;—and, lastly, the r gimen, whichnourishes and invigorates thebody. To those who are to engage in corporeal exercises be­ yond their ordinary powers, training isindispensably ne­ cessary. Pedestrians, therefore,who are matched either against others or againstime, and pugilists, who engage to fight, must undergo the training process before they contend. The issue of the contest, if their powers be nearly equal, will, in a great measure, dependupon their B b 3