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NEPTUNE

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SOMETHING CHEAP

Y CHARLES SWAIN

Literary

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A charm to banish grief asv

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Turn tears

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HINTS FOR PEDESTRIANS

AND MEDICAI

PRACTIC

(From an unpublished Manuscript, by a Physician

Liverpool.)

BY MEDICIIS

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CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS

1. Exercise and rest may be said to be the poles aro
which are perpetually revolving all the varieties of

3, we may resolve the elec

conditions of our

,nization

ative pol

sitive and

for we shall find that as

ye recede from
the one state we approach the other ; as we trace up all
the lower forms of life, with their limited location and
powers, we approximate, as we recede from the negative,
nearer and nearer to the antagonizing positive, wherein
more perfect capacities are adapted for more energetic
efforts, and where, consequently, an almost ceaseless ac-
tivity reigns. And here we see man, the crown of all
creation's works, lying under the curse pronounced by
the Almighty upon original transgression, with his frame
beauteously fitted for activity ; appointed to sweat under
needful toil in order to earn his daily food. Yet the ap-
petite for exertion is found gratefully alleviating Me
penalty of the primeval sentence ; so that, in fact, rest-
less man experiences far more of a curse in idleness and
fruitless inactivity, than he actually realizes under the
existing urgent insqations to their opposite. Thus may
we be reconciled to, and even rejoice over, that election
of tho kindlier alternative which heaven has made fur us
in recording her penal sentence attempered with mercy.
2. Man, therefore, loves exertion ; not only does his
present condition demand and sue for it, but his constitu-
tion rejoices in it : and most true it ever has been, and
will be, that rest itself is only to be enjoyed in succession
to activity—ease is alone relished— sleep is only grate-
fully welcome after that.

" Toil which does keep
Obstructions from the mind and quench the blood;
Ease but belongs to us like sleep, and sleep,
Like opium, is our medicine, not our food."
Sir W. D' Avenane a Gondibert.

3. Activity is E

sential to the health of every organ of

the boay, for, through the use and exercise of the mus-
cular system, the functions of the whole compound being
are efficiently discharged—the circulating system is de-
veloped and maintained in its requisite force, and in har-
mony with the nervous as well as nutritive or assimila-
tive systems—the brain receives its nicely-balanced
supply—the lungs are expanded, so as to have their in-
herent elasticities called forth ; whilst the heart, ac-
quiring full tone and and energy, as the fountain of life,
again returns the vital currents back to those muscles,
and throughout the varied framework of the body, in
order to evolve their corresponding requisite develop-

s add to the benefits of this muscular exercise
the respiration of the pure mountain air,—

" High on the breeze's ridge, whose lofty sides
The ethereal deep with endless billows chafes."
giving thereby fresh life to the blood, and that sparkling
glow of colour to the cheek which is alternately dis-
carded and admired, as ' rude health,' by the capriciously
varying tastes of society. Let the mind be emancipated
from corrosive care, and in its stead be clad with that
cheerfulness which the "country" so invariably excites,
and we shall realise health's vital principle —bringing
bliss. " Health is the soul that animates all the
pleasures of life ; and without it a man starves at the
best of tables—is poor and wretched in the midst of the
greatest treasures. Without health, youth loses all
vigour; beauty all its charms : music is grating to the
ears: palaces are prisons : riches useless : honours and
atendants cumbersome; and crowns themselves a
burthen."

5. On the other hand, under the veil of inactivity,
lurk the seeds of all manner of bodily and mental
disease; the body itself wastes, or else drags its stag-
nant bulk along—the mental powers languish and be-
come obtuse— the animal spirits flag, and in recoiling
again upon themselves become a prey to ennui and
melancholy, with all their attendant train of evils.
Hence we find in the higher classes of society, where
the necessity for active bodily exertion is least remarked,
that the kinds of diseases to which such classes are the
most obnoxious, are exactly those derangements of the
natural functions which are most directly traceable to
habits of luxurious indolence, repletion and inactivity.

6. Locomotion, then, is manifestly and extensively
intended by nature, so important and so various are the
objects to be attained by it, and by it alone, in our social
condition, whether that be in the simpler or more com-
plex walks of life, that the grand question resolves into
into a consideration regarding the mode only, whereby
healthful exercise and recreation are to be readiest
found, and most accessible to the bulk of society :—ln
well-arranged and agreeable pedestrian excursions, is
the reply. The charm of travelling (never so great as
when on foot, each stage of delightful variety is fairly
won) has been a fertile theme for the pen of the letter-
writer and the poet to descant upon—and not alone
these--the graver pen of the medical philosopher has
eulogized " sweet travel:" it is an untold store of re-
creation for the mental and bodily consideration of our
compound life ;—it expands the heart in sympathy with
either the pleasure or pain of others, and adds a relish
itself to the mere fact of our bare existence ; long ere
the chords of our spiritual and intellectual nature vibrate
to its successive series of awakening incident.
A little work lately out, has the following remark on
the subject

" In'travelling we multiply events, and innocently.
We set out, as it were, on our adventures ; and many
are those that occur to us, morning, noon, and night.
The day we come to a place we have long heard and read
of, is an era in our lives ; and from that moment the very
name calls up a picture. How delightfully, too, does the
knowledge flow in upon us. and how fast !

7. For all those listless and effeminate persons, who "see
no good in walking when they can ride in a carriage,"
the following suggestions will be void of interest or pro-
fit :—lnvalidness, luxury, business, or the want of time,
are conditions which it is not in place here to discuss.
Where such press, or are supposed to do so, their several
claims for the convenience and service of a vehicle, such
demands must be responded to according to the circum-
stances, &c., of the party requiring such aids.
8. The mountaineers of all countries are always the
strongest, and the most energetic and famous for longe-
vity ; not so much, as it is erroneously.asserted, owing to
the purity and rarity of the air, but because their more
distant habitations oblige them to tva/k many miles up and
down, and because they cannot make use of any carriages
whatevu, except the sliding and sure-footed mule, chiefly
serviccire for descending steep declivities.

Lo pia

lelight of horse exercise, little exception can be taken