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-DISCOURSE ON THE MAGIC OF EATING OUT OF DOORS An Extract from Stephen Leacock, +=====Discourse On The Magic Of Eating Out Of Doors.===== 
-I want in this chapter to talk about eating in the open air -- about the joy and exhiaaraLion of: 1t, about the health of it. I'm enthusiastic about it, I'cve z7 ove.. it und have been for years. I.think that eating air is the creat-:Et tcnicrJtimulantres'orative -- I can't think of enough words for it, itthoc will give a first idea. + 
-Here L)4,7 Jf.,31 end eatTasted good? Doesn't it? Digest it? +===An Extract from Stephen Leacock.=== 
-Why, my dear that osh air blowing into you, you could digest a + 
-chunk of Eandiono +I want in this chapter to talk about eating in the open air -- about the joy and exhilaration of it, about the health of it. I'm enthusiastic about it, I'crazy over it and have been for years. I think that eating air is the greatest tonicstimulantrestorative -- I can't think of enough words for it, but these will give a first idea. 
-You sec, if I ma7 interi upt myself to say it again, the point is, not that you arc 0.AinfT, open air, but that you are actually eating air. As every cheT3F,t 0::ve2:; good one) knows, air is made up of equal parts of oxygen, hydrogen.Tito,m, iron and alcohol, with just a little touch of the saner elements of argol and gargol, those these last were Ir.,R:re only + 
-found a few years ago Now these are the very thingF. that supTort life, and these are what is found in fresh airOnly the air must be fresh. The ordinary indoor air that you breathe is filled with dust, feathers, dried ink, powdered leather -- heaven knows whatYou need only to let a full streak of sunlight break into a room to 'see what the air contains. Now when you're out in the open, in the straight, clear open, you're breathing the pure oxygen, taking in argol and alcoholwith 'crery breath. Have you ever seen one of those muddy looking Highland gillies who spend their days on the windswept moors aid the openbraes and breeks? You haven(t? Well neither have I, but I've seen pictures of them, in the Scotch whisky advertisementsThat makes them ruddy? That makes them live till they die? The fresh air, the alcohol.' +Here let's sit down and eatTasted good? Doesn't it? Digest it? Why, my dear sir with that fresh air blowing into you, you could digest a chunk of sandstone rock. 
-Cooking out of doors -- over a fire made in the bush! How I would like to give a whole lecture on it! I'd like to get the Pope and the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Librarian of the British Museum -- I mean people who live indoors, and take them into the Canadian bush and cook them a steak! My4 Wouldn't they be surprised when I showed them that the point is you don't make a big fire but a little fire! I'd like the Pope to watch while I laid down two small logs side by side. O'd like the Archbishop to say, "But surely the logs are made too green to burn and I say "No, no, you are, I want the logs green so they won't burn! Now, witch me cook the steak--see it jump--see those ashes falling-into the pan? That's what puts the taste in .... .Excuse me I must upset it once. Now Pope you're the senior, here's yours. East it on a shingle...,. Now watch me boil the tea, boiled from the cold water up... But stnp! the Archbishop wants mote steak. + 
-So there's the topic, it is--real as real and one of the greatest things in the world, Eat more air, Never mind vitamins, the air is full of them, Eat the a7:r. Take it in with every bite, breathe it in with every morsel  +You see, if I may interrupt myself to say it again, the point is, not that you are eating in the open air, but that you are actually __eating air__. As every chemist (every good one) knows, air is made up of equal parts of oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, iron and alcohol, with just a little touch of the saner elements of argol and gargol, though these last were only found a few years agoNow these are the very things that support life, and these are what is found in fresh airOnly the air must be fresh. The ordinary indoor air that you breathe is filled with dust, feathers, dried ink, powdered leather -- heaven knows whatYou need only to let a full streak of sunlight break into a room to see what the air contains. Now when you're out in the open, in the straight, clear open, you're breathing the pure oxygen, taking in argol and alcohol with every breath. Have you ever seen one of those muddy looking Highland gillies who spend their days on the windswept moors and the open braes and breeks? You haven't? Well neither have I, but I've seen pictures of them, in the Scotch whisky advertisementsThat makes them ruddy? What makes them live till they die? The fresh air, the alcohol. 
--Tell the doctors about it? You don't need to. They know it. Don't you know that every doctor, the moment he gets a few days off, beats it for the bush? Any time you go into the rough country, in the bush ane round thelakes you find it full of doctors, eating steak beside a log...., but you'hardly expect them to bring:their patients. + 
-THE =ION HUT +.... 
-^ + 
-4' We are publishing a letter received during the month by the Editor of the +__Cooking out of doors__ -- over a fire made in the bush! How I would like to give a whole lecture on it! I'd like to get the Pope and the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Librarian of the British Museum -- I mean people who live indoors, and take them into the Canadian bush and cook them a steak! My! Wouldn't they be surprised when I showed them that the point is you don't make a big fire but a little fire! I'd like the Pope to watch while I laid down two small logs side by side. I'd like the Archbishop to say, "But surely the logs are made too green to burn and I say "No, no, you are, I want the logs green so they won't burn! Now, watch me cook the steak -- see it jump -- see those ashes falling-into the pan? That's what puts the taste in... Excuse me I must upset it once. Now Pope you're the senior, here's yours. Eat it on a shingle... Now watch me boil the tea, boiled from the cold water up... But stop! the Archbishop wants mote steak. 
-"Sydney Bushwalker" from John Harvey, now living at Sandy Bay, Hob-rt,Tasmania, - 'Dear Clare -- With reference to Dorothy Lawry' s article on "Rumours and Fe,ats", I do not think she nor Dot English ned have any worries about the + 
-alleged reaction of the Hobart Walking Club about the loss of the elion Hut in Lake St,Clair Reserve, - I understand it is just over the border from the Cradle Mountains Reserve, and thus under control of Nlti?nal Park Loard+So there's the topic, it is -- real as real and one of the greatest things in the world. __Eat more air__. Never mind vitamins, the air is full of them. __Eat the air__. Take it in with every bite, breathe it in with every morsel... 
-I am now a fairly actilre member of the Hobart Walking Club e nd a member of the CCrie-te, and since the occurrence I have herd only one + 
-referenCe to the f!...-e; it was a casual remark by Mr.Jack Thwaites, a member +Tell the doctors about it? You don't need to. They know it. Don't you know that every doctor, the moment he gets a few days off, beats it for the bush? Any time you go into the rough country, in the bush and round the lakes you find it full of doctors, eating steak beside a log... but you'hardly expect them to bring their patients. 
-of the Nationa2 leark Board, that the hut was burnt down, and he expressed regretNo other remark was paseed, the S.B.W's were not mentioned, and there was certvinly not the slightest suggestion of annoyance and hostility. The hut did not in anycase belong to the club. The Hobart walking Club + 
-is hot a highly organised concern like the S.B.W's.--quite a small, informal, and friendly body, and it is impossible to imagine the members getting up in arms about something that Was. Puis aecideat,especially as fires here are very 'common in the bush, and do not seem to ,be.., looked upon as the major  +---- 
-they are in N,S,W.+ 
 +=====The Pelion Hut.====
 + 
 +We are publishing a letter received during the month by the Editor of the "Sydney Bushwalker" from John Harvey, now living at Sandy Bay, Hobart,Tasmania
 + 
 +'Dear Clare -- With reference to Dorothy Lawry's article on "Rumours and Facts", I do not think she nor Dot English need have any worries about the alleged reaction of the Hobart Walking Club about the loss of the Pelion Hut in Lake StClair Reserve, - I understand it is just over the border from the Cradle Mountains Reserve, and thus under control of National Park Board. 
 + 
 +I am now a fairly active member of the Hobart Walking Club and a member of the Committee, and since the occurrence I have heard only one reference to the fire; it was a casual remark by Mr. Jack Thwaites, a member of the National Park Board, that the hut was burnt down, and he expressed regretNo other remark was paseed, the S.B.W's were not mentioned, and there was certainly not the slightest suggestion of annoyance and hostility. The hut did not in any case belong to the club. The Hobart Walking Club is not a highly organised concern like the S.B.W's. - quite a small, informal, and friendly body, and it is impossible to imagine the members getting up in arms about something that was pure accident, especially as fires here are very common in the bush, and do not seem to be looked upon as the major disasters they are in N.S.W. 
 I hope this will set at rest the minds of all concerned.' I hope this will set at rest the minds of all concerned.'
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 IETTERS FROM TBE LADS BILLY DUKE (continued) , IETTERS FROM TBE LADS BILLY DUKE (continued) ,
 This orderly carried the, for half a,mile - a might man is all I can say. We were packed like flies'orithe jeeps, I sat on the bonnet along with two other chaps. They're invaluable- up'this way. This orderly carried the, for half a,mile - a might man is all I can say. We were packed like flies'orithe jeeps, I sat on the bonnet along with two other chaps. They're invaluable- up'this way.
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