And in the fall of the year I do a lot of tramping about in the woods with a gun.

I might add that on a hunting trip I can walk many a skinny person into a state of total exhaustion." I stated this last pridefully.
"All right for that, then," he said.

"We'll concede that you get an abundance of exercise.

Then there is another thing you should do, and of the two this is by far the more essential--you should go on a diet." Right there I turned mentally rebellious.

I wanted to reduce my bulk, but I did not want to reduce my provender.