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CONTENTS

PART I.

THE ART OF LIVING IN AUSTRALIA.

CHAPTER I.

THE CLIMATE OF AUSTRALIA.

Their semi-tropical climate hitherto unrecognised by the people of Australia—Reasons advanced for this statement; early gold-mining era influences still at work, and Anglo-Saxon heredities—Hot months and cooler months; temperatures of the Australian capital cities—Fluctuations of temperature and barometric pressure not extreme—Equability of Australian climate a marked feature—Not many successive days of great heat—Humidity of atmosphere in different colonies—A dry heat always preferable to a moist heat—Duration of the different seasons, and months apportioned to each season—Prevailing winds, and rôle of hot winds

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CHAPTER II.

THE ALPHABETICAL PENTAGON OF HEALTH FOR AUSTRALIA.

The Alphabetical Pentagon a convenient form of remembering that the five essentials of health—namely, Ablution: the Skin and the Bath; Bedroom Ventilation; Clothing; Diet; and Exercise—occur in alphabetical order

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CHAPTER III.

ABLUTION—THE SKIN AND THE BATH.

Important and numerous functions of the skin—The skin itself and its different parts—The use of the scarf skin—