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I am well persuaded that at this Season a Journey of some length
will be of great service to the Captain but it must be conducted with
some care.

He should not travel little in very wet weather and should rather
lie by for half a day then do.

If very warm weather should come on he should avoid the heat of
the day. He should take care to have his first stage over before elev¬
en o, Clock forenoon or sooner and should not travel again before
five in the evening.

He should always go to bed betimes a night and get up pretty early
in the morning so that when the weather is cool he may

finish his whole Journey before taking dinner and this he may {illeg}
commonly do by taking a slight breakfast before setting out in the morn¬
ing and a more hearty one when he halts between Stages in the
forenoon.

When he drives between Stages he should always rest for two or
three hours after it.

When he drives late he should make only a light Supper.

His diet upon the road may be much the same as he has been
accustomed to at home.

Every day at dinner he may take two or three Glasses of any
wine he likes or finds best. and at supper he should take a few
glasses of Negus. --

If he becomes costive upon the road it will be necessary for
him to take a medecine to make him regular but without pur¬
ging.

I dont think any other medecine necessary for him but he may
take a little of the volatile Elixir of Guai Guaiacum, along along
with him to be taken upon occasion.

He should certainly direct his course towards the South and shift
his road in going and coming from East to West. Whatever way
he goes he should take Buxton in his way and try the waters there.

After arriving at Buxton he should rest a day or two before he
either drinks or bathes.

If his appetite and digestion are tolerably good he should
take neither vomit nor purge by way of preparation.

After resting a day or two he may begin to drink the water
by taking a quarter of a pint or a little less between seven and
eight in the morning and about half an hour after as much more.
Between breakfast and dinner he is also to take two draughts
which may be a little larger and between dinner and Supper
he may take also two or three draughts.

Unless great rain or great heat prevent it he should go abroad
in the Carriage for two or three hours every forenoon, and the
proper time for drinking the water in the forenoon is a

little before he goes out and a little after he comes in from his
airing and as it wil l be also proper for him to go out for an hour in the
Carriage about six of the evening this airing may also divide his
draughts of water.

After he has drank the water for a day or two he may take a bath
every second or third day. he must at first take it as a cold bath
only ↑by↑ going into it for a minute or two at most and coming out immedeate¬
ly to have his skin well dried and his ordinary Cloaths put on.

After taking it in this manner for a week or two he may take
it as a warm bath by remaining in it for fifteen or at most twenty
minutes.