Show AS LONG WALKERS t I Southey Fawcett Fawn Pawl Dickens Wadsworth Faw 1 Were Classed as aa I and Others I f fIt Pedestrians of Prominence I It is calculated calculate that t Wordsworth la in his many years of sauntering must most have traveled a distance of wiles miles What sights he saw during such prolonged and delightful wanderings wandering only those who have the poets poet's mind mint London London ton Lon observes even guess and ey C can cnn don Tit Bits r Charles Dickens was a confirmed tramp and no doubt acquired h his s experience experience ex ex- of life Ufe on the road from ac- ac l ac-l l rual acquaintance with all sorts of ot vagabonds and odd characters jj II One of the most remarkable of unprofessional unprofessional un un- un professional walkers was Professor Wilson on the Christopher North of lit lit- 1 His fine physique and great great endurance prompted him to the performance performance per per- of wonderful feats teats which seemed to him entirely a matter of course He once walked 40 miles in In eight hours and at another time walked a distance of ot 80 miles in 24 hours bours Henry Fawcett also was a tireless walker and one who when deprived of sight did not think of relinquishing this among many forms of exercise His was a familiar figure on the tho roads about Cambridge and there Is no exaggeration exaggeration ex ex- In saying that few men blessed with all his senses could enjoy nature more than he Southey worn and preyed upon by mental application and the practical anxieties of everyday life found his greatest relief in tramping about the country John Stuart Mill delighted In pedestrian pedestrian pedestrian trian tours and Charles Lamb though he loved town better than country was one who believed in sweeping cobwebs from the brain by brisk and continuous w walking n q 5 |