health, and he says this anomaly is owing to two causes; first, the religious necessity of washing their arms, feet, and necks, from three to five times a day, always with cold water. Secondly, by their constant use of the vapour bath; gout, rheumatism, head-ache, and consumption, are unknown in Turkey. In England, nature is known only by name, and till the eyes of many were opened by the diffusion of temperance truth, none but those who were reduced to the last stage of poverty, ever thought of satisfying their thirst with water. Still, even now, there are very few who have carried their principles out in all their legitimate bearings. And perhaps the greatest hinderances in the way of its more extensive use as a beverage, is, it costs us nothing. Make things cheap, and they are almost sure to be despised.In our artificial state, we do not esteem things according to their real worth. And it is more than probable, that hundreds, who now have as great an aversion to water as a mad dog has, would use it more fully, and would take more exercise in the open air, if these blessings were not also enjoyed by the working classes. This was not the case in England formerly; for Dr. Henry, in his "History of England," says, "The ancient Britains were noted for being swift of foot, having fine athletic frames, and great strength of body; their only drink was water.” Mr. Raspail in his twelve lectures on the Physiology of health and disease, reported in the Medical Times of September 9, 1843, says, "In the state of nature, pure water is the best drink for every living being, -the most delightful of all beverages." And the reason why it is not generally so regarded, is because we have departed from the simplicity of

nature.

The celebrated John Wesley, that keen observer of men and things, published a work in 1747, called "PRIMITIVE PHYSIC," (a most significant title,) which has gone through near 100 editions, and is still extensively used. He recommends cold water internally and externally, both as a preventive and cure of disease. Webb, the noted pedestrian, remarkable for vigour of mind and body, was exclusively a water drinker. Cobbett, who in some respects was as great as he was singular, bears the following testimony to the benefit of water drinking, mentally and physically. "In the midst of a society, where wine and spirit are considered as of little more value than water, I have lived two years without either; and with no drink but water, except when I have found it convenient to obtain milk; not an hour's illness; not a headache for an hour; nor the smallest ailment; not a restless night; not a drowsy morning have I known during these two famous years of my life. The sun never rises before me; I have always to wait for him to come and give me light to write by, while my mind is full of vigour, and while nothing has come to cloud its clear

ness.

These united testimonies go to confirm all that has been said in praise of cold water-and show that it is, as has been often asserted, the grand beverage of organized nature, the drink appointed by a merciful and unerring God, to primeval man, and all attempts to improve it by the admixture of alcoholic, narcotic, or aromatic substances have only tended to injure or poison it, and those who have thus used it. The art of preparing liquors is the greatest curse ever inflicted on humanity. Water, which nature has so abundantly provided, is the best fitted for man to

drink it is suitable for every variety of constitution, and is more effectual than any other, in allaying thirst, thereby shewing it to be the beverage designed to supply the loss of fluids, to which we are perpetually subject. Simple aqueous drinks promote digestion, by facilitating the solution of solids, and by serving as a vehicle to their divided parts. The purest water is rendered stimulating by the air and salts it contains. -RICHERAND.

Simple water without any addition, is the proper drink of mankind.-CULLEN.

When taken fresh and cold it is the most wholesome drink, and the most grateful to those who are thirsty, whether they be sick or well. It quenches the thirst, cools the body, and thereby destroys acrimony; it often promotes sweat, expels noxious matters, resists putrefaction, aids digestion, and in fine, strengthens the stomach. -DR. GREGORY.

When men contented themselves with water, they had more health and strength; and at this day, those who drink nothing but water, are more healthy and live longer.-DR. Duncan.

Without all, peradventure, water was the primitive the original beverage, and it is the only fluid fitted for the ends appointed by nature. Happy had it been for the race of mankind if other mixed and artificial liquors had never been invented.-DR. CHEYNE.

Look at the horse, with every muscle of his body swelled from morning to night in the plough or team; does he make signs for spirits to enable him to clear the earth, or climb the hills? No, he requires nothing but cold water and substantial food.-DR. RUSH.

The moment we depart from water, we are left,

not to the instinct of nature, but to an artificial taste. Under the guidance of the instinct, God has implanted within us, we are safe, but as soon as we leave it we are in danger.-DR. OLIVER.

The water drinker glides tranquilly through life, without much exhilaration or depression, and escapes many diseases to which others are subject. They have short but vivid periods of rapture, and long intervals of gloom. The balance of enjoyment then turns decidedly in favour of the water drinking; and there is little doubt but that every person might, gradually, or even pretty quickly, accustom himself to the aqueous beverage.-DR. JOHNSON.

The intellectual excitement produced by other drinks, is more than counterbalanced by the subsequent depression; and ruin of Health, and abbreviation of life are the ultimate results.THRACKRAY.

The strength which they seem to impart, is temporary and unnatural. It is a present energy purchased at the expense of future weakness.— DR. K. GREVILLE.

Man in ordinary health, like all other animals, requires not any such stimulant, and cannot be benefited by the habitual employment of any quantity of them large or small, etc.-EIGHTY EMINENT SURGEONS.

I assert that they are in every instance, as articles of diet, pernicious, and as medicines wholly unnecessary, etc.-DR. E JOHNSON.

Water is the most suitable drink for man, is best fitted to prolong life, and does not chill the ardour of genius.-Demosthenes' sole drink was water.-ZIMMERMAN.

If people would accustom themselves to drink water, they would be free from many diseases,

such as tremblings, apoplexies, giddiness, pain in the head, gout, stone, dropsy, rheumatism, and such like.-DR. PRATT.

No remedy can more effectually secure health and prevent disease than pure water.-HUFFMAN. Who has not observed the extreme satisfaction which children derive from quenching their thirst with pure water; and who that has perverted his appetite by beverages of human invention, but would be a gainer on the score of mere animal gratification, without any reference to health, if he would bring back his vitiated taste to the simple relish of nature.-DR. OLIVER.

Man is the only animal accustomed to swallow unnatural drink: water is the best diluent.-DR. GARNETT.

The healthy man requires only water.-DR. FARRE.

The best drink is water; a liquor commonly despised, and even by some people considered prejudicial; I will not hesitate, however, to declare it to be one of the greatest means of prolonging life: it is the greatest promoter of digestion, and by its coolness and fixed air, it is an excellent strengthener of the stomach and nerves. -DR. HUFFLAND.

It is the chief ingredient in the animal fluids, and solids; for a dry bone distilled affords a quantity of insipid water; and the human brain is known to consist of more than 80 parts in every 100, of water; therefore water appears to be the proper drink for every animal.-DR. ARBUTHNOT.

It is my opinion, that those who belong to such a society (Nature's Beverage Society) will seldom have occasion for medical men.-DR. ORPHEN.

Among other innumerable advantages which the water drinker enjoys, he saves a considerable