84 With Feet to the Earth 



down in England, France, or Switzerland 

 for a day. What they need is object 

 lessons. 



But suppose the going to be fair, and a 

 man able to keep his feet moving through 

 some hours of sunshine, what might be his 

 daily stent? Perhaps twenty miles. He 

 may want to turn aside and botanize, or 

 enjoy a view, or swim, or climb a hill, or 

 chat with people at the tavern or farm- 

 house where he gets his lunch, so that he 

 will be content with fifteen. Or, he may 

 take a delight in his own strength, in con- 

 quering leagues of distance, and thirty 

 miles a day will not be too many. It is 

 Well to be comfortably tired ; that gives 

 appetite and sleep ; but the exhaustion of 

 overdoing may nearly cripple the traveller 

 for two or three days. The first stiffness 

 of the muscles must not scare him. If he 

 lounges about long after his first twenty- 

 five or thirty miles he will have to be 

 broken in all over again. If he will keep 

 moving on the second day it will hurt at 

 first, but by resting frequently and walk- 

 ing easily he will be in good condition 



