I have an odd sixpence in my pocket, which I will change, that I may drink with you." So we went down the hill together to the village through which I had already passed, where, finding a public-house, we drank together in true English fashion, after which we parted, the sailor-looking man going his way and I mine.
After walking about a dozen miles, I came to a town, where I rested for the night.

The next morning I set out again in the direction of the north-west.

I continued journeying for four days, my daily journeys varying from twenty to twenty-five miles.

During this time nothing occurred to me worthy of any especial notice.

The weather was brilliant, and I rapidly improved both in strength and spirits.