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mentarily ; on the contrary, I believe it increases it. Malt liquors and 

 spirituous liquors have different effects upon different individuals. Both 

 are disagreeable to me. Most English pedestrians drink very freely of 

 malt liquors, and find them very wholesome. On the Continent I would 

 carry a flask for light wine, such as every peasant has to his dinner. Its 

 cost is trifling, and there is nothing in the world which will quench thirst 

 like it, except, perhaps, tea. It is not very palatable at first, but ex 

 ceedingly refreshing, and I believe every way healthful. It has no intoxi 

 cating, and very slight stimulating, qualities. I think it would be a great 

 moral blessing, and have an excellent effect on the public health, if it 

 could be produced cheaply, and used as freely as tea and coffee now are 

 in the United States. 



Here I will give you &quot; a secret,&quot; which may, some time, be of use to 

 you. When you feel very much jaded with a long walk, and hardly 

 able to go any further, if you can swallow a cup of tea and a bit of 

 toast or biscuit, and pour a wine-glass of whiskey into your shoes, keep 

 ing yourself warm during the halt, you will find yourself good for 

 another hour or two of hard tramping. 



Routes and Distances. Unless you are considerably familiar with 

 the language and history of a Continental nation, I would advise you 

 to spend most of your time in England. It is better to study thoroughly 

 the character of one people, and remain so long, if possible, in their 

 country, that you may feel as if you had lived in it, and made yourself 

 a part of it, than to run superficially over a dozen. It is, however, much 

 cheaper, and in many respects more agreeable, to walk in Germany than 

 in England ; and a true American, mingling with the peasant people, 

 can hardly fail to do them good, and have his own heart enlightened 

 and expanded by their spirit longing for liberty and universal affection 

 for his country. It is of walking in England, however, that I wish now 

 especially to speak. 



Your route should be determined by your tastes and objects. If they 

 are as general as ours, and you design to employ the same time in En 

 gland that we did, I could advise but very slight variation from our route. 



With a week s more time, you should see more of North Wales, 

 (though, in general, mountain and lake country is not England, and you 

 can get what tourists go to those districts for better nearer home ;) 

 extend your walk into Devonshire, and keep along the south coast to 

 Portsmouth. After visiting the Isle of Wight, the old road to London, 

 running, I believe, through Guildford, is said to be much pleasanter than 



