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170 CARAVAN DAYS"Yes," she will reply. " What about it ? "'of it."The seventeenth milestone is just at the footYou will be in a state of some excitement as youdraw near and have to substantiate your prophecy.And of course you can have a competition withthe Old Campaigner.. . . But you must notforgetthe allowances and adjustmentsthat arecalled for by the uncertain behaviour of yourpoles. It is no affair of rule of thumb. They willsuddenly bunch close together at a sharp turning.They may even desertthe hill.the road and cut acrossIhave at times played this game when sittinginside the van, but there it is not so easy to geta sure basis of calculation, though it may be doneeither by pacing the intervals vicariously bymeans of Simon's steps, or by taking the numberof the uprights in a roadside fence and assumingtheir distance apart.There are all sorts of combinations open to youas soon as you introduce a new element in thesecond hand of your watch. You will train yourselfto walk a mile in a certain length of time, andifyou have any real aptitude for the thing youshould soon be able to set out confidently to doyour next mile in 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13 or 12
minutes at will,ROAD-GAMES 171and be within a few seconds ofyour goal. Ifyou have no milestones you usetelegraph poles, and it is onlyon a road that isbereft of both that you will fail for lack of material.You may generally reckon that the van istaking seventeen minutes to the mile,unless itis a particularly easy road, and if it be opencountry and you can see her far behind it is apleasant exercise to discover the exact extentof your lead by timing her past two given pointsand pacing the space between as you go on.When she isvery far behind you can most easilypick her up by observing the shadow of a roadsidetree as it crosses the white expanse of roof. Andwhen you are satisfied that you have a full tenminutes in hand you may sit down and smoke apipe.Another field of endeavour isopened up bytrying how nearly you can pace a mile in 1760steps. I made my record on that road up theGarry by doing two milesand that without anydishonest tempering of my paces when the milestonehove in sight in 1743 and 1769. I neverhope to improve on that, as I take it to mean thatmy stepis within one-fifth of an inch of thestandard. I think I should like to arrange amatch with my friend the Commodore, if he everleaves his duties at the ferry.
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CARAVAN DAYS
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AFTER LABOUR, REFRESHMENT
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First Published in 1914
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. TheVICHAPTERCONTENTSPACKXXII. MEA
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CARAVAN DAYSCHAPTER IWHAT CARAVANNI
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WHAT CARAVANNING IS 3have ever quit
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WHAT CARAVANNING IS 5ing in the aft
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WHAT CARAVANNING IS 7cut down your
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CHAPTER IITHE CAMPAIGNING SIDETHERE
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THE CAMPAIGNING SIDEnmain questions
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THE CAMPAIGNING SIDE 13till the wea
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THE CAMPAIGNING SIDE 15lose that co
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THE CAMPAIGNING SIDE 17stopping for
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THE DOMESTIC SIDE 19of a village sh
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THE DOMESTIC SIDE 21of co-operation
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23into a pyramid. And if, as is mos
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THE DOMESTIC SIDE 25of practice I c
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27things. Perhaps the . things that
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THE HUMAN SIDE 29people in motor-ca
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THE HUMAN SIDE 31" Paid like smoke.
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THE HUMAN SIDE 33feet jammed in the
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THE HUMAN SIDE 35Blacksmith for the
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THE HUMAN SIDE 37the country. I has
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AND now ICHAPTER VTHE CARAVAN " SIE
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THE CARAVAN "SIEGLINDA" 41contains
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THE CARAVAN "SIEGLINDA" 43she has e
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THE CARAVAN "SIEGLINDA" 45loops, an
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THE CARAVAN "SIEGLINDA" 47On the ro
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CREW AND EQUIPMENT 49We carry two t
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CREW AND EQUIPMENT 51supplies, and
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TROUBLES OF THE CARAVANNER 53Secret
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TROUBLES OF THE CARAVANNER 55ifyou
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CHAPTER VIIITO JOHN:o' GROAT'SiWE d
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TO JOHN O' GROAT'S: I 59Southern to
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TO JOHNO' GROAT'S: I 61on the top a
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TO JOHN O' GROAT'S: I 63funked it i
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TO JOHN O' GROAT'S: I 65even more d
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CHAPTER IXTO JOHNo' GROAT'S: nWE ha
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TO JOHN O' GROAT'S: II 69the coast
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TO JOHN O' GROAT'S: II 71camping-gr
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TO JOHN O' GROAT'S: II 73assured me
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TO JOHN O' GROAT'S: II 75and keen d
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shore, tillTO JOHN O' GROAT'S: III
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TO JOHN O' GROAT'S: III 79We got a
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TO JOHNO' GROAT'S: III 81needed, an
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TO JOHN 0' GROAT'S: III 83North wer
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TO JOHN O' GROAT'S: III 85the most
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OTHER JOURNEYS 87an extended tour i
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OTHER JOURNEYS 89journeys were. I s
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OTHER JOURNEYS 91from Inverness and
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morning hours.HOW THE DAY IS SPENT
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HOW THE DAY IS SPENT 95chunk of pla
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CHAPTER XIIIINCIDENTS AND PREDICAME
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INCIDENTS AND PREDICAMENTS 99statio
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that he and Simon could get grip en
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INCIDENTS AND PREDICAMENTS 103" Cur
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INCIDENTS AND PREDICAMENTS 105porte
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INCIDENTS AND PREDICAMENTS 107for s
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INCIDENTS AND PREDICAMENTS 109thoug
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MINCED SCOTLANDininstant the pictur
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MINCED SCOTLAND 113of the great nat
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MINCED SCOTLAND 115was always plent
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MINCED SCOTLAND 117inhabitants I co
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SAM AND SIMON 119are well up to the
Page 141 and 142: SAM AND SIMON 121That was not a ple
Page 143 and 144: allSAM AND SIMON 123One morning as
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Page 147 and 148: CHAPTER XVISPECIMEN DAYSTHE journey
Page 149 and 150: SPECIMEN DAYS 129retreating with de
Page 151 and 152: SPECIMEN DAYS 131to thrive among th
Page 153 and 154: had been the aggressor,SPECIMEN DAY
Page 155 and 156: SPECIMEN DAYS 135as I was pleased t
Page 157 and 158: SPECIMEN DAYS 137hood. That, howeve
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Page 161 and 162: ALL SORTS OF CARAVANNERS 141The Old
Page 163 and 164: ALL SORTS OF CARAVANNERS 143through
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Page 171 and 172: CHAPTER XVIIIMEMORABLE CAMPSIT was
Page 173 and 174: MEMORABLE CAMPS 153of flowers. Afte
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Page 177 and 178: MEMORABLE CAMPS 157On a fine evenin
Page 179 and 180: CHAPTER XIXOUR MARCH TO THE WESTSOO
Page 181 and 182: OUR MARCH TO THE WEST 161The new ba
Page 185 and 186: OUR MARCH TO THE WEST 163was loaded
Page 187 and 188: OUR MARCH TO THE WEST 165" Weel," s
Page 189 and 190: OUR MARCH TO THE WEST 167manifest t
Page 191: ROAD-GAMES 169On any main road you
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Page 197 and 198: vogue in the slums, but that isROAD
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Page 201 and 202: ROAD-GAMES 179a bad position, throw
Page 203 and 204: CHAPTER XXITHE ENEMYPERHAPS the car
Page 205 and 206: THE ENEMY 183Herbert had to stand u
Page 207 and 208: THE ENEMY 185" No," she said."I can
Page 209 and 210: THE ENEMY 187again," said my Partne
Page 211 and 212: MEALS AND SUPPLIES 189went off behi
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Page 217 and 218: CHAPTER XXIIIENCOUNTERSTHE widest h
Page 219 and 220: ENCOUNTERS 197pleasantly named. It
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Page 227 and 228: ENCOUNTERS 205tented family, and th
Page 229 and 230: CHAPTER XXIVCLOTHESIT is an intense
Page 231 and 232: CLOTHES 209a chair or the woodwork
Page 233 and 234: CLOTHES 211exiguous pattern. But th
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CAMPERS' LUCK 221it and flooding th
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CAMPERS' LUCK 223You have to gograb
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CHAPTER XXVIIRAIN AND LACK OF RAINT
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RAIN AND LACK OF RAIN 227Journalist
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RAIN AND LACK OF RAIN 229handed in
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RAIN AND LACK OF RAIN 231us in the
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RAIN AND LACK OF RAIN 233had the dr
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RAIN AND LACK OF RAIN 235neighbourl
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RAIN AND LACK OF RAIN 237But that b
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RAIN AND LACK OF RAIN 239worked out
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RAIN AND LACK OF RAIN 241when clean
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MEMBERS OF THE UNDERWORLD 243sparkl
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MEMBERS OF THE UNDERWORLD 245(Jessi
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THE JOURNEY'S END 247others were le
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month 440.THE JOURNEY'S END 249The
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THE JOURNEY'S END 251traffic that h
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THE JOURNEY'S END 253upon him that
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CHAPTER XXXCARAVAN DAYSMY last obje
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CARAVAN DAYS 257At any rate, it is
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CARAVAN DAYS 259hours of sleep. Sun
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CARAVAN DAYS 261in the feel of his
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~lump*a^. *rfu l>fty' MERDEENBntmar
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NISBET & CO., LTD.NEW FICTION."ANOT
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NISBET & CO., LTD.22, BERNERS ST.,
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