[4] Forty years ago, Balls, &c. used to begin in the Evening, _i. e._ at seven, and end at Night, _i. e._ twelve; now it is _extremely ungenteel_ to begin before Midnight, or finish till the Morning.
[5] "The Studious, the Contemplative, the Valetudinary, and those of weak nerves--if they aim at Health and Long Life, must make Exercise in a good air, a part of their Religion."--CHEYNE _on Long Life_, p. 98.
"Whenever circumstances would permit, I have recommended patients to take as much exercise as they could, short of producing fatigue; to live much in the open air; and, if possible, not to suffer their minds to be agitated by anxiety or fatigued by exertion."--p. 90.
"I do not allow the state of the weather to be urged as an objection to the prosecution of measures so essential to Health, since it is in the power of every one to protect themselves from cold by clothing, and the exercise may be taken in a chamber with the windows thrown open, by actively walking backwards and forwards, as sailors do on ship-board."--p. 93. See ABERNETHY'S _Surgical Observations_. 1817.
[6] One of the invariable consequences of training is to increase the solidity, and diminish the frequency of the alvine exoneration, and persons become costive as they improve in condition:--if this disposition takes place to an inconvenient degree,--see _Peptic Precepts_, _Index_.
[7] "Animal Food being composed of the most nutritious parts of the food on which the animal lived, and having been already digested by the proper organs of an animal--requires only solution and mixture--whereas vegetable food must be converted into a substance of an animal nature by the proper action of our own viscera, and consequently requires more labour of the stomach, and other digestive organs."--BURTON _on the Non-Naturals_, p. 213.
[8] The following was the Food taken by Capt. Barclay in his most extraordinary walk of 1000 miles in 1000 successive hours, June 1, 1809. "He _Breakfasted_ after returning from his walk, at five in the morning. He ate a roasted Fowl, and drank a pint of strong Ale, and then took two cups of Tea with Bread and Butter.
"He _Lunched_ at twelve; the one day on Beef Steaks, and the other on Mutton Chops, of which he ate a considerable quantity.