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Certainly. For a good time the pure pleasure of 

 a delightful tramp. 



" Walking should be cultivated as an accom- 

 plishment. Excursive legs help to make an ex 

 cursive intellect, and among the aids to reflection, 

 not enumerated by Coleridge, are long strolls. 

 Children, especially, should be trained to walk 

 long distances, and to despise short ones. Walk- 

 ing is a cheaper and more healthful exercise than 

 riding, and it has the added advantage of train- 

 ing to endurance." 



On the same subject, hear what Rousseau has 

 to say : 



" Je ne concois qu'une maniere de voyager 

 plus agreeable que d'aller a cheval ; c'est d'aller a 

 pied. On part a son moment, on s'arrete a sa 

 volonte, on fait tant et si peu d'exercice qu'on 

 ne veut. Quand on ne veut qu'arriver, on peut 

 courir en chaise de poste ; mais quand on veut 

 voyager, il faut aller a pied." 



