IQO Our Noblest Friend, The Horse 



joying the beauties of country, mountains, or sea 

 close at hand, but, most unpatriotically and unenter- 

 prisingly, expend their enthusiasm and their shekels 

 in distant countries and amid other environments. 



Thoroughly to enjoy such an outing one should 

 be gregarious by nature and find in the sympathy 

 and enthusiasm of one or more companions that 

 stimulant which so delightfully emphasises the 

 charms of fresh air and free country. Know your 

 man, therefore (or your wife, for the matter of 

 that), and be quite sure that, if the trip is under- 

 taken with any reluctance, and if your associate is not 

 imbued With that love of nature which is inborn and 

 cannot be acquired, sooner or later friction will arise, 

 and the " outing " will fail entirely, not only of 

 present delight, but in that which is its most enjoy- 

 able quality, — a tender reminiscence for years to 

 come. The enduring harmony of such a party is 

 in inverse ratio to its size. " Two is company," 

 but, if the excursion includes a larger number, 

 either they must be of one's nearest and dearest, or 

 the journey must be a very short one. People 



