Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 454
ed to take wonderful rides, but some of the featserformed by Eastern couriers never have been he should adopt some means to prevent his over-sleeping himself. So he unwinds a portion of a rope which he-carries wrapped around his ankle, and slipping itbetween the toes of one of his naked feet, he… … |ualed elsewhere, if we are to believe the stories e hear. -When a courier, or messenger, agrees to go from jie place to another, he must calculate very care- ily the time he takes for his actual traveling, the ne for his meals, and the time for his sleep. [tl1 mong the expedients for measuring…
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