Ericsson still lives--constantly planning and scheming--in his house in Beach Street, New York.

He is now over eighty years old having been born in 1803.
He is strong and healthy.

How has he preserved his vigorous constitution?
The editor of Scribner gives the answer: "The hall windows of his house are open, winter and summer, and none but open grate-fires are allowed.

Insomnia never troubles him, for he falls asleep as soon as his head touches the pillow.

His appetite and digestion are always good, and he has not lost a meal in ten years.
What an example to the men who imagine it is hard work that is killing them in this career of unremitting industry!" To return to "Screw" Smith, after the successful trial of his little vessel at sea in the autumn of 1837.