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be no long walk, no starting directly after 

 meals, no delay in getting them, no rising 

 before a certain hour, no staying up after 

 a given time ; B holds that there should 

 be no walking at noon, no bathing, no this, 

 that, and the other ; but people who govern 

 their conduct with thirty-nine don'ts ought 

 to coddle themselves at home. The best 

 way is to walk when you please, go until 

 you are tired, eat what you like, as much 

 as you like, when you like, and drink much 

 or little, being timid only as to water, 

 which, in the country, is liable to cesspool 

 and barn-yard taints. Drink from springs 

 rather than wells and pools, and take milk 

 or cider when it is offered. It is a sug- 

 gestive fact that city people who succumb 

 to typhoid diseases in the fall have gen- 

 erally been drinking country water in the 

 summer. Your moss-covered bucket is a 

 rare conserver of microbes. 



The tour afoot, to be successful, must be 

 individual, and you may count on frictions 

 and disagreements if you go in company. 

 As a relaxation the tour with a party is 

 most efficient. The pace is then accommo- 



