. A summer voyage on the river Saône. With a hundred and forty-eight illustrations. ike the Captain,and between us we are worth perhaps fivepence an hour. During our evening walk at St. Jean de Losne we happenedto be close behind a bourgeois of that little town, who wastaking his two young daughters out for a walk and givingthem some paternal advice. The thesis of the discourse wasthat every human being has a right to our respect until he hasdone something to forfeit it, and this quite independently ofhis position in society. Therefore, said the father, you A Slimmer Voyage. 27 ought never to
. A summer voyage on the river Saône. With a hundred and forty-eight illustrations. ike the Captain,and between us we are worth perhaps fivepence an hour. During our evening walk at St. Jean de Losne we happenedto be close behind a bourgeois of that little town, who wastaking his two young daughters out for a walk and givingthem some paternal advice. The thesis of the discourse wasthat every human being has a right to our respect until he hasdone something to forfeit it, and this quite independently ofhis position in society. Therefore, said the father, you A Slimmer Voyage. 27 ought never to treat any one haughtily or contemptuously, butyou should be civil and polite to every human being, and reallyrespect him, however humble may be his station. This ismerely an abridgment, the kernel of the doctrine. It isthe good side of French equality, and excessively family were very comme il fant in appearance, and be-longed to the upper middle class. The curious independence of our present kind of life is feltin nothing more than in the morning departures. There is. C., >»2»w St. Jean de Losne. no packing to be done, no bill to be paid, no thought abouttaking luggage to a station, and whether we are awake or asleepthe bed-room itself starts into motion with all our only rule to be observed is not to go ashore for a walkbetween four and six in the morning. I have promulgated laws about habits and I rise atfive and have breakfast at seven with the Captain. This first 1 These laws were well observed during the whole of the expedition. The Patronwas not an unpimctual man, and the Captain maintained discipline with military firm-ness. Our daily round of life went on as regularly as if we had been on board ship. 28 The Saone. breakfast always consists of soup only, varied according to thecooks resources. It is the best thing to begin the day upon,as it gives good staying power without embarrassing the diges-tion. The men, especially the Pilo
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