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thrown so intimately together will surely " get on 

 each other's nerves," nor is it easy to find a number 

 of individuals who always want to do the same thing 

 at the same time. 



A large party also necessitates the use of a 

 number of horses — possibly a four- or a six-in- 

 hand, and the likelihood of some mishap is vastly 

 increased with each additional animal. Shoulders 

 will chafe ; legs will fill ; lameness will occur ; bad 

 feeders and weak constitutions will betray them- 

 selves : and such disasters prove not only hindrances 

 to enjoyment, but possibly insurmountable obstacles. 



Convenient handling of the impedimenta is gen- 

 erally the most exacting problem of such journeys, 

 and a trunk or trunks should be sent on ahead, to 

 be overtaken at intervals of a few days, that laundry, 

 etc., may be recovered and refreshed. This arrange- 

 ment, with the addition of something like a steamer- 

 trunk which will fit under the seat and in the back 

 part of a runabout or buggy, will amply provide for 

 the needs of two people; while four may find equal 

 provision if such a vehicle as the comfortable and 



