Chapter IV 



ALONG THE ROAD 



II 



HAVE found that walk- 

 ing stimulates observa- 

 tion and opens one's 

 eyes to movements and 

 appearances in earth and 

 sky, which ordinarily es- 

 cape attention. The constant change of 

 landscape which attends even the slow 

 progress of a loitering gait puts one on 

 the alert for discoveries of all kinds, and 

 prompts one to suspect every leafy covert 

 and to peer into every wooded recess with 

 the expectation of surprising Nature as 

 Actason surprised Diana in the moment 

 of uncovered loveliness. On the other 

 hand, when one lounges by the hour in 

 the depths of the forest, or sits, book in 

 .hand, under the knotted and familiar apple 

 tree, on a summer afternoon, the faculty 

 of observation is lulled into a dreamless 

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