very light covering on the head as a straw hat is best the should be open the breast being either exposed or covered the of the trousers should not be tight and the boots or shoes should have no iron about them sudden are always bad exercise should begin gently and should in the same manner the left hand and arm being commonly weaker than the right they should be exercised till they become as strong this custom is advantageous not only for all military and mechanical exercises but also for all their operations the being cooled too quickly is injurious therefore drinking when very hot or lying down on the cold ground should be avoided no exertion should be carried to excess as that only and the body therefore whenever the feels tired or falls behind his usual mark he should resume his clothes and walk home the exercise is finished the clothes should always be put on and the usual precautions adopted to prevent taking cold the necessary up of an ground are a leaping stand a horse a bar a climbing stand with poles and ropes which may be seen united as simply and as possible in a subsequent sketch � plate xviii climbing in most exercises a belt or is of utility and it seems in all ages to have been naturally employed the savage who could not follow others in the course without panting would find by placing his hand over his and supporting the liver and other organs which descend into that that he was aided in running and breathed more easily and thence he would make for himself a belt united in societies men would still preserve their belt though it might not seem particularly advantageous except to those whose active mode of life approached a primitive state such as travellers and the put on their before they commenced and many both ancient and modern recommend the use of as being to the whole of the body and to the parts over which they are placed what the exterior or are to the muscles � bands which embrace and keep firm the parts over which they are placed the common belt has and to fasten it an iron ring and a pocket a double for forms a very strong is put on by pupils who are very strong when they these may be made of different sizes for youths of different ages of five or six inches for tall youths and men and of eight or ten inches for their length is in proportion to the size of the person who uses them these are very useful in the region in running and leaping also should furnish themselves with before getting training on to prevent too motion of the of the and the which may result from it the indeed of will by d prove their utility and they will probably be worn even without reference to physical exercises they deserve this the more they give an air of lightness and elegance to the shape and the chest the most thing in existence is dangerous if applied in very young persons the chest and have been compressed by the belt too tight or making it too wide and of and have consequently been caused by pushing in the false ribs this is an that should be avoided if the belt be low it may press too much on the lower part of the belly if too high it may disorder the chest it must therefore be placed on the so as to pass over the and as said before it must not be too tight having given these ideas of the utility of and the manner of using them it remains only to explain the triple use of those adopted for exercises st they by their size and other circumstances all the conditions which render them useful d a pocket serves to the articles that may be wanted according to the class of exercises performing d an iron ring is intended to by means of hooks any thing we wish to carry so as to leave the hands at liberty this is important in relation to various exercises to be described the art of training for exercises or training laborious exertions consists in the body and its powers by certain processes which are now to be described the advantages of it are not confined to or they extend to every one for were training generally introduced instead of medicine for the and cure of diseases its consequences would assuredly life and promote its happiness every knows that all the parts which compose the human body � as well as � are absorbed and deposited hence a perpetual of them regulated by the nature of our food and general habits the health of all the parts and the of their structure depend on this perpetual and now nothing so effectually as exercise at once and it accordingly all the vital functions without hurrying them all the parts and preserves them apt and fit for their offices it follows then that health vigor and activity chiefly depend upon exercise and or in other words upon the of those rules which constitute the theory of training the effect has accordingly with the cause assigned in this view of the subject in every instance where it has been adopted and although not commonly resorted to as the means of restoring to health there is every reason to believe that it would prove effectual in many obstinate diseases such as complaints and the entertained this opinion they were says a popular writer on medicine by no means with or to these instruments of medicine although modem appear to have no idea of removing disease or restoring health but by pouring into the is said been the first who applied the exercises and f the to the removal of disease or the maintenance of health among the this so 