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hard fare and hard work, and possess an inexhaustible 

 fund of patience and endurance. 



On the other hand, his favourite pastime will 

 frequently introduce him to scenery of unsurpassed 

 grandeur and magnificence, such as we have feebly 

 endeavoured to portray in our chapter on Great Mountain 

 Ranges; while the bracing atmosphere and constant 

 exercise obtained during a mountain tour in general 

 unquestionably serve to develop the physical powers 

 to a high degree; and if a man in robust health and 

 condition does not in general descend to the plains 

 improved both in mind and body by his mountaineering 

 experience, why it will probably be his own fault rather 

 than that of his great and kindly instructress Nature, 

 whose marvels he will have had an opportunity of 

 contemplating. 



