4. Eat little meat and see that it be well cooked, and be careful to eat plenty of fat.
5. Take plenty of daily exercise in the open air.
6. Have no pet animals in your living-room.
7. Avoid tea—the tannin turns meat to leather and spoils digestion, but take little or no intoxicant.
8. Keep guard against man's three enemies, the three D's—Damp, Drains, and impure Drinking water.
9. Change of occupation, and frequent, if short, holidays.
10. Eat plenty of fruit and vegetables.
11. Keep your temper, and keep a cheery mind.
12. Limit your ambition to what you can do.
But, notwithstanding these rules, John Burton did not live to a great age. He died of a painful internal disease on May 28th, 1907. He had eight children by his wife. One son, John, has a large earthenware establishment in Falmouth; another—the image of his father in face—carries on the "Old Curiosity Shop."