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250 CARAVAN DAYSmost irritating parcel.I do not mean to say thatour harness isneglected. It always looks allright, but each set seems to contain enormousunseen possibilities of disruption. Harness isalways like that. I think there cannot be anysort of tradesman in the world whose incomedepends so largely on repairs and so little on newproduction as that of the saddler. It would, Iknow, be beyond me to count up the long listsaddlers' shops, dotted here and there throughoutthe length and breadth of Scotland, with whichI have had to do business at one time or another.I did once try to get two new sets before thesecond journey, but they did not fitbe sent back.ofand had toI shall not try again, for I perceivethat by now I am well upon the way to obtainingmy new sets by other methods. It cannot bevery long, at the present pace, before by gradualreplacement of one part at a time, I shall reachthat consummation, piecemeal.But SIEGLINDA was as fair a sight to the eye ofthose who were to welcome her as she had beenwhen she drove away. Perhaps there is a littleless of shine and glitter in her varnish. But I amnot sure that she isany the worse for that. Andperhaps the steps and under-carriage and the corkcarpet at the door have suffered from the long