Popular resorts, and how to reach them . scussion: this, of course, will be largelydetermined by the place chosen for camp, and the length of time it is tobe occupied. If it is to be permanent, it matters little how the place isreached. But there is another manner of camping-out, combining withit pedestrianism or equestrianism, by which the advantages of tour andcamp are combined; and this, when the party are physically able to 13 14 POPULAB KESOBTS, AND HOW TO BEACH THEM. endure it, will be found a source of great enjoyment, particularly if aninteresting country be selected. Eight or ten mile
Popular resorts, and how to reach them . scussion: this, of course, will be largelydetermined by the place chosen for camp, and the length of time it is tobe occupied. If it is to be permanent, it matters little how the place isreached. But there is another manner of camping-out, combining withit pedestrianism or equestrianism, by which the advantages of tour andcamp are combined; and this, when the party are physically able to 13 14 POPULAB KESOBTS, AND HOW TO BEACH THEM. endure it, will be found a source of great enjoyment, particularly if aninteresting country be selected. Eight or ten miles per day, at earlymorning and late evening, can easily be made, which will sum up quite atrip during the season. There is a romantic novelty connected with anexcursion of this kind, which commends it to the adventurous. Much ofthe enjoyment, however, will depend upon the similarity of tastes, andphysical endurance of the party. The best fellow in the v/orld,socially, would soon become unendurable if he broke down everyday on the ^^^ iM^P ,^ —;» ^ TROUT FISHING. How delightful the sport in early morn, when the clear air resoundswith the songsters happy note, and a roseate hue tips the mountain top ;or at quiet eve, when the last rich golden rays of the sun struggle topierce the overhanging boughs,—to cast the alluring fly, and land thegamey trout! And what a tempting dish it forms, caught and cookedby your own hands, seasoned by a good appetite and the excitement ofadventure ! POPULAIi UKSOJtTS, AND HOW TO KEACH THEM. 15 Pedestrianism determined on, it is of the gi-eatest importance to reducethe stock of clothing and equipment to actual necessities, for everyounce becomes a pound at the end of a long jaunt. A frequenterror of the novice in tramping tours, is to choose new and elaboratelyequipped knapsacks, heavy rifles or fowling-pieces, with patent am-munition and fishing-tackle, the accumulation of which soon becomesburdensome, and the pleasure of the excurs
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