A collection of papers on the subject of athletic exercises. &c. &c. / by Sir John Sinclair, Bart. M.P.
- Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet
- Date:
- 1806
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A collection of papers on the subject of athletic exercises. &c. &c. / by Sir John Sinclair, Bart. M.P. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.
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![\ 50 these queries, that any of the measures adopted for training men, as practised in Yorkshire, could be employed for the purpose of diminishing corpulency, whether in males or females, or in preventing thegout, or any other disorder incident to the human species. [The Replies to these Queries have not as yet been received.] The subsequent Observations relative to the Diet oj a Class of Men who perform long Journies on Foot in India, were received from Mr, I)uf- fin, many Years Resident Surgeon at Madras. In reading over these Observations and Queries, it occurs to me, that some useful information might be obtained from the East Indies which might fur- nish hints serviceable to the subject enquired of; and I know no one who could, or would, more rea- dily give this information than the present Governor of Bombay, Jonathan Duncan, Esquire, a person eminently qualified, from his long residence in the country, and his extensive knowledge ot the lan- guage of the inhabitants, and of their customs, ha- bits, and manners. Sir Charles Warre Malet, Bart, at present residing in England, who passed a consi- derable part of the time he was in India, at Cambay, in Guzerat; and at Poonah, the Mahratta capital, might, perhaps, give some useful hints. There is a cast of Hindoos called, on the western side ot India, Pattamars, whose sole occupation is to carry letters and](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24934513_0034.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
