THE LAUKENTIDES PAEK 



land diet, a whole series of minor ills 

 which afflict the townsman are absent. 



Here may we learn some of the secrets 

 of right-living from our countrymen 

 of French Canada, and the way to 

 healthier, happier, and longer lives. 

 Would you care to try conclusions on a 

 forest trail with one of these dried-up, 

 unmuscular-looking fellows who will 

 never see fifty again ! It is true that in 

 heel-and-toe walking on the highway 

 you might give him a mile in five, but 

 through and over fallen timber, in mus- 

 keg and alder-swamp, up the rough hill- 

 sides and across streams on slippery 

 logs, he will have you beaten, though he 

 carries twice your load. Perhaps early 

 hardships kill off the weaklings, and 

 only the fittest survive, but, however 

 this may be, here are men nearing four- 

 score who can do an amazing day's 

 work. Such a one, after driving forty- 

 two miles over bad and hilly roads with 

 a heavy load, turned his horse home- 



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