CHAPTER VII. 

 Driving Tours 



TO explore intimately the byways and the 

 Iiighways of our country, and to enjoy 

 in leisurely fashion the beauties of nature, and 

 the frequently successful attempts of man to har- 

 monise with or to restrain its exuberance, no more 

 satisfactory method can be imagined than the driving 

 tour ; that meandering peregrination which, starting 

 with no definite objective point in view, continues 

 in the same delightfully irresponsible fashion until 

 vacation time expires, or funds run low. The pedes- 

 trian, either singly or in flocks, finds his advantages 

 in economy and in wholesome exercise; but his 

 venture demands the possession of good health, 

 physical ability, and youth, which unfortunately are 

 not perennial attributes. The bicyclist is hampered 

 by his inability to transport more than the barest 



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