Pedestrianism

ON TRAINING. 239 man frame are successively absorbedand de­ posited. Hence a perpetual renovation of the parts ensues, regulated, as they are, by the nature of our food andgeneral habits*. It, therefore, follows, that ouhr ealth, vigour, and activity, must depend upon regimen andex­ ercise, or, in other words, upon the observ­ ance of those rules which constitute the the­ ory of the training process. The eifect has accordingly corresponded with the cause in all instances where tarining hasbeen adopted; and, although not commonly resorted to as the means of restoring invalidsto health, yet there is every reasonto believe, that it would prove effectual in curing many obstinatedis­ eases, such as the gout, rheumatism, bilious complaints, &c. &c. " Training(says Mr. Jackson,) always ap­ pears to improvethe state of the lungs. One of the most striking effects is to improve the wind ; that is, it enables a man to draw a lar­ ger inspiration, and to holhdis breathlonger." * Bell's Anatomy, vol. i. p. 12. He