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o'clock. Never take exercise, as a rule, so as to overtax the strength of the body After exercise, do not expose your body to a draught. The best thing is to get into a bath or to rub your body well with a rough towel and then put on fresh clothes. Your dress should be suitable for the season and the country. Never read when there is a bad light. At night the light of the lamp should not be too bright or too dull for the eye.

Never take heavy meals, or as many youths do, enter into an eating competition. Always be careful to keep your bowels open. It is one of the five general rules:— Keep your head cool, your feet warm, and your internal arrangements in order; honour the King, and fear God. If you ever feel a slight sickness of any sort, see the doctor at once; and never put off seeing him for days. Though you are well, doctors say it is a safe thing to