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which combines the advantages of walking and
driving, and is especially applicable to Norway.
Asa first case, let us suppose that there are two
travellers, A and B, who, on a given morning, are
at a town or station x, and wish to proceed
onwards to y, z, and other unknown regions. A
starts off on foot immediately after breakfast, or
before, if so disposed. B remains behind, pays
the bill, looks up the luggage, takes a carriole,
and drives on. By about the time he has
com-pleted half a stage, he overtakes A. A and B
then change places. B walks on, and A drives
forward to station y, where he leaves the horse
and carriole he has driven, and orders another for
station 2-, to be in readiness for his friend who
is coming. The boy in attendance, who has to
take back the horse and carriole to station x, and
who has witnessed the manoeuvre, will assist in
explaining if A is weak in Norsk. A then walks
on, and by the time B reaches the station the
carriole will be ready. He straps on the luggage,
drives on to overtake A as A overtook him before;
they thus proceed from stage to stage, alternately
walking and driving, the pedestrian part being
done without carrying any luggage. If they
dine in the middle of the day, a little variation
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