p. 13 | A Gallon a Day

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Jan 19, 1905

A Gallon a Day

At a very early date samurai (Japanese nobles) discovered the value of drinking a very considerable quantity of cool, pure water in every twenty-four hours. The amount consumed to-day by the average disciple of jiu-jitsu (physical training) will reach the gallon mark. Ice water was not known to the ancient Japanese as a summer beverage. It is not in favor to-day. All that is required is that the water shall be cool enough to be agreeable to the taste. Summer drinks, composed of shaved ice covered with fruit sirups, have crept into the life of the larger Japanese cities, but their use is not extensive, and the student of a jiu-jitsu school will have none of them. He is better taught.—Hancock’s “Japanese Physical Training.”