Pedestrianism

242 ON TRAINING. his regimen. PLINY tells us that, in early life, he made a public profession that he would agree to forfeitall pretensions to the nameof a physician, should he eversuffer from sick­ ness, or die but of old age ; andw,hat is more extraordinary, he fulfilledhis promise, for he lived upwardsof a century, and at last was killed by a falldown stairs*. It may therefore beadmitted, that the be­ neficial consequences, both to the body and the mind, arising fromtraining, are not mere­ ly temporary, but maybe made permanent by proper care and attention. The simplicityof the rules isa great recommendation to those who may be desirous of tryingthe experiment, and the whole process may be resolved into the following principles :1st, The evacuating, which cleanses the stomach andintestines.— 2d, The sweating, which takes off the super­ fluities of fleshand fat.—3d, The dailycourse of exercise, which improves the wind, and strengthens the muscles;—-and, lastly. The * Code of Health, vol. ii. p. 123. regimen,