weaker one is, the more stubbornly bi- 
cycles behave. Every one knows that. 
And they are so narrow minded. They 
needs must stick to the travelled road, 
and they behave viciously when they 
get in a rut. Imagine hunting ante- 
lope across sage-brush country on a 
bicycle! I know a surveyor who tried 
it once. They brought him home with 
sixteen broken bones and really quite 
a few pieces of the wheel, improved to 
Rococo. Bah! Away with it and its 
limitations, and those of its big brother, | 
the automobile! Sing me no death 
knell of the horse companion. 
At last, with the assistance of trail 
and muscle, the five miles were cov- 
ered, and we came to a dip in the earth 
which some bygone torrent had _hol- 
lowed out, and so given a chance for a 
little moisture to be retained to feed 
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