50 THE EXHILARATIONS OF THE ROAD. 



henceforth rests not. The joy of moving and surmount- 

 ing, of attrition and progression, the thirst for space, 

 for miles and leagues of distance, for sights and pros- 

 pects, to cross mountains and thread rivers, and defy 

 frost, heat, snow, danger, difficulties, seizes it ; and 

 from that day forth its possessor is enrolled in the 

 noble army of walkers. 



