2/46 Besides, there is no use in our quarrelling now, as you will find out when you get through this paper.] -- Travel, according to my experience, does not exactly correspond to the idea one gets of it out of most books of travels. I am thinking of travel as it was when I made the Grand Tour, especially in Italy. Memory is a net; one finds it full of fish when he takes it from the brook; but a dozen miles of water have run through it without sticking. I can prove some facts about travelling by a story or two. There are certain principles to be assumed,--such as these:--He who is carried by horses must deal with rogues. |