A SUMMER DRIVE IN THE LAKE COUNTRY. 945 
capacity is great, almost in proportion as the drafts 
which you make upon it are small.’ In the forty-five 
days’ journey we traveled something over one thousand 
miles directly, or in short-side excursions. We returned 
brown and hearty, with good appetites, and in good 
condition to sleep. Lady Bess had gained several 
pounds, and her coat was fine and glossy. Had she 
been asked the following morning if she was ready to 
repeat the journey, I think she would have nodded her 
head and whinnied, ‘yes.’ 
