The Code of Health and Longevity
Cl.Sa) I # APPENDIX. mulled at night, witha good deal of lump fugar. Nq blood-letting or phyfic is commended, as the cooling of the body and ftrengthening of the fluids cannot be effefled if eitherof thefe coolersare ufed. Retire to bed at nine; breakiaft at feven; take rulk and wine ateleven, if not apt to inebriate or injure you, with a glafs of jelly firft ; dine atone ; take chocolate at four; fup at feven; and exercife yourfelf by anycheer ful amufementwithin doors, or walk, out, previous to youc going to bed. Spend the morning in an early walk, ofnot more than a mile, firft breaking your faftwith aAngle gingerbread nut, fteeped, (if not apt to inebriate), in Hollands. Re turn home flow, to avoid heating the body, and, in or der to preferve it fo,lie coolat night. In the morning of fighting eat onlyone flice of bread, well toafted,without butter, or a hard white bifcuitoaft- ed, and, if not too ftrong for the conftitution, a pint of bed red wine mulled, with a table fpoonful of brandy. This is to be taken an hour before the time of dreffing; on the ftage have your drink made of Hollands, bitters, fine china orange juice,with fomelump fugar,dillolved fo as to make it to as palatable a flrength as is agreeable. Wind is ftrength and breath. This isloft by exercife too violent, and improved by frequent pradlice. A man is faidto have goodwind when his power ofrefpiration and continuing the adivepart of a battle laftslong ;and bad wind when heis foon difabled by the fatigue of per- fonal exertion ; and when this difabilityis occafioned ei ther byfatigue, or a blow in the loins, he is faid to be winded. When our adverfary is winded in battle, and we feel that he cannot ftrike with force and vigour, we ought * Some additionalinformation having been proenred regarding train ing to Athletic Exercifes,it was theught right to preferve it, though it has itrdcrcd itnecefiiiryto add fome pages, marked (163), &c.
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