4 8 A Sportswoman in India 



miserable ; I want to get out of myself ; I want to 

 leave home. 'Travel! I pack up my trunks, say 

 farewell ; I depart. I go to the very ends of the 

 earth ; and behold, my skeleton steps out of its 

 cup-board and confronts me there. I am as pessimistic 

 as ever, for the last thing I can lose is myself ; and 

 though I may tramp to the back of beyond, that 

 grim shadow must always pursue me. 



After all is said, only a small percentage of English 

 men and women have either the leisure or the means 

 to travel. That the nation is a great gainer through 

 their experiences, that on their own parts they benefit 

 themselves thereby, is certain. But with all its far- 

 reaching delights, travel need not blind our eyes. The 

 " light that never was on land or sea " is 



Always shining ; if but mortal eyes 

 Had strength of vision for realities 

 That lie beyond the things that seem to be ! 



Printed by Hasell, Watson, & Viney, Ld. t London and Aylesbury. 



