It is very satisfactory to me to be able to state, that I remained at the same standard of bulk and weight for several weeks after the 26th August, when I attained the happy natural medium, since which time I have varied in weight from two to three pounds, more or less. I have seldom taken the morning draught since that time, and have frequently indulged my fancy, _experimentally_, in using milk, sugar, butter, and potatoes--indeed, I may say all the forbidden articles _except beer_, in moderation, with impunity, but always as an exception, not as a rule. This deviation, however, convinces me that I hold the power of maintaining the happy medium in my own hands. A kind friend has lately furnished me with a tabular statement in regard to weight as proportioned to stature, which, under present circumstances and the new movement, may be interesting and useful to corpulent readers: STATURE. WEIGHT. 5 ft. 1 should be 8 stone 8 or 120 lbs. 5 “ 2 “ 9 “ 0 “ 126 “ 5 “ 3 “ 9 “ 7 “ 133 “ 5 “ 4 “ 9 “ 10 “ 136 “ 5 “ 5 “ 10 “ 2 “ 142 “ 5 “ 6 “ 10 “ 5 “ 145 “ 5 “ 7 “ 10 “ 8 “ 148 “ 5 “ 8 “ 11 “ 1 “ 155 “ 5 “ 9 “ 11 “ 8 “ 162 “ 5 “ 10 “ 12 “ 1 “ 169 “ 5 “ 11 “ 12 “ 6 “ 174 “ 6 “ 0 “ 12 “ 10 “ 178 “ This tabular statement, taken from a mean average of 2,648 healthy men, was formed and arranged for an Insurance Company by the late Dr. John Hutchinson. It answered as a pretty good standard, and insurances were regulated upon it. His calculations were made upon the volume of air passing in and out of the lungs, and this was his guide as to how far the various organs of the body were in health, and the lungs in particular. It may be viewed as some sort of probable rule, yet only as an average--some in health weighing more by many pounds than others. It must not be looked upon as infallible, but only as a sort of general reasonable guide to Nature’s great and mighty work. On a general view of the question I think it may be conceded that a frame of low stature was hardly intended to bear heavy weight. Judging from this tabular statement I ought to be considerably lighter than I am at present: I shall not, however, covet or aim at such a result, nor, on the other hand feel alarmed if I decrease a little more in weight and bulk.