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more so. The great thing in going up a long steep 

 hill is to stop and admire the mew, the moment nature 

 warns that too great a strain is being placed on the 

 pumping powers of the heart. Do not mind who is in 

 front, or how far ; do> not struggle on till the heart is 

 bumping against the ribs; do not be ashamed to sit 

 down and rest. Many a good man out of condition 

 has seriously injured that organ by trying to "live" 

 with a practised walker up a severe hill. The Swiss 

 guides have a very good maxim, and always urge you 

 at the beginning of a long day " to start as if you never 

 meant to get to the journey's end." 



There are times when it is a matter of shot or no 

 shot to reach a certain point before deer get past it ; 

 then you must make the best dash up-hill you can, 

 and the heart must take its chance of hurt if the deer 

 are to take theirs. 



As to lunch, the less eaten while stalking the better ; 

 a hearty breakfast, a light lunch, and a good dinner 

 will be best. If the weather, as is often the case 

 in September, be very hot and sultry, whatever the 

 temptation, do not stop at every spring and drink ; 

 resist at once, and the thirst by degrees will go away. 

 Whiskey is most usually carried, but the writer has 

 found nothing so well suited for a long day as a flask 

 holding three or four glasses of good old port. The 

 warmth and fillip it gives is much more lasting than 

 whiskey ; and at lunch save a biscuit and a glass for 

 " five o'clock tea." Sandwich papers and any traces of 

 luncheon should always either be stamped into the peat 

 or thrown into water. 



