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Show I To WalU Round the World. I Round the world on foot, except where j a fast steamer will be needed to bridge continents, is tho programme which a French citizen of thirty-four summers has just drawn up. He will try to accomplish ac-complish the feat within the space of 250 days, w alking, at least in Europe, twenty-four twenty-four leagues per diem. M. Droz, the hero of this adventure, on quitting Paris will turn his face in the direction of I Moscow. Traversing Siberia, still on I foot, be will take ship on the shores of i Kamtschatka for San Francisco, whence he will tramp to New ork. Grossing the Atlantic to Havre, bo will walk from that town to Paris. M. I)ro3 was formerly a non-commissioned -officer in a cavalry regiment. Ho is of the middle height, lithe and muscular. muscu-lar. He has already several pedestrian performances to his credit, but that which he is about to undertake throws cvervtliing of this kind into the shade. Ho reckons on walking fourteen hours I out of twenty-four, keeping the remain- tier of the day for rest and refreshment. Loudon Telegraph. |