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by night. The mistake made by green 

 walkers and climbers is that of allowing 

 their enthusiasm to run away with them at 

 the outset of the trip, and suffering from 

 stiff knees and sore muscles for days there- 

 after. I recall the wabbling legs and 

 pained expression of two friends who had 

 begun a hundred-mile tramp with light- 

 some gambols, and were presently glad to 

 get back to the cars. Looking sadly on 



each other, one said, "C , we are a 



pair of magnificent ruins." If you will do 

 walking to brag about, let it be at the 

 finish. 



Belike, when you take your time, you 

 will rest for a day or two here and there. 

 Most travellers make for a city when they 

 would spoil an hour ; but even if one has 

 not to consider his pocket, even if he is not 

 called to the country for hunting, fishing, 

 botanizing, landscape, or any scientific or 

 artistic purpose, the quaintness of its people, 

 the interest of village architecture, tradi- 

 tions, or employments, will take hold on an 

 open mind. Rustic taverns may be dull 

 places as compared with city hotels, but as 



