On food.

Date:
1803
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Credit: On food. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    the world shall wonder to behold thou look ’st so young and art so old. Instances are mentioned of persons who have ha- bitually practised excesses in eating and drinking, and yet their lives have been long ; but they can on- ly be accounted as exceptions to a general rule ; and we may confidently infer that if such persons lived to a great age, notwithstanding their practices of in- temperance, they would have lived much longer if they had pursued a regular course of wholesome diet. FARINA, OR GRAIN. It is a matter of regret that Britons are so much attached to trade, neglecting the most rational and natural of employments. While the husbandman is raising food for his fellow-creatures, he is.laying the foundation of health and longevity to himself and his offspring. No manufacture is equal to the manu- facture of grain. It supplies food for man and beast, while the surplus tends to enrich or to procure the conveniencies or elegancies of life. It depends not on fashion, caprice, or the uncertainty of trade. The great consumption of animal food, and the im- mense number ot horses kept in this country are among the causes that Britain is not able to raise grain for the supply of her own inhabitants. Mr. Mackie com- putes the number of horses in this country to about two millions, and that every horse on an average, consumes the produce of three fertile acres ; conse- quently the produce of six millions of fertile acres is annually consumed by horses. Two huudred and