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ndispensable,and without them long-distance walking mustnever be attempted. Assuming, then, that theintending walker has naturally good feet, theymust in addition be well cared for. It is thegreatest mistake to suppose that a horny foot isdurable in proportion. The skin should besupple and pliant.… … Walking Race. on the wheel fifteen miles an hour without anydistress to himself, constitutes an incontrovertibleargument in favour of the bicycle. At the sametime, from the point of view of physical con-dition, there can be no comparison between thecyclist and the pedestrian, who, in six…
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