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that I must give it a chapter to itself, hoping 

 that the journey thither has not been as 

 weary for my readers as it was for us. Yet 

 even for us these weary tramps were not 

 altogether wasted ; for if they taught nothing 

 else, they taught me some sympathy with 

 my horse — a sympathy born of suffering ; 

 and, I hope, whenever I remember our walk 

 thither, I shall not forget to spare my poor 

 mount at the start, in order that he may 

 be able to boil up a gallop at the finish. 



iSpollistrciodt d: Co.. Fruiters, Neu-streti liquwe, London. 



