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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