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morning hours.HOW THE DAY IS SPENT 93Breakfast on travelling days isseverely simple, alternating regularly betweenbacon and boiled eggs. Thereafter comes thebusiest hour of the day.and slings itHerbert strikes his tentin the crutch and then goes to hishorses. I trim the wicks and fill the oil-tanks, andmy Partner washes up. We then stow away thedishes and pots and pans, shut down the tablesand chairs, take off the door (which travels insideso as to give an uninterrupted view from thefront), bring out canvas chairs (for the kitchenhas now, you will understand, become a sort ofverandah),run a cord across the front of thestove to prevent the oil-tanks from slipping outdown hill,sweep out, fix wads here and there toprevent things from jingling, stow away the stepsunder the table, sling buckets underneath, lockon the shafts. Finallyup the back boxes and put the copper box, which still contains a pint or twoof hot water, is emptied into the basin in the bedroom,thus providing a most necessary hot washwhen all our jobs are over.There is now a pleasant interval before thehorses appear, when one maysit down and smokea pipe and ponder upon the map and contourbook. These pursuits are interrupted by a"distantin the lane, and Sam and" clop-clop