You can rest yourself by changing from one to the other." James thought he should like to ride on horseback, as most boys do.

It was not, however, so good fun as he anticipated.

A canal-boat horse is by no means a fiery or spirited creature.

His usual gait is from two to two and a half miles an hour, and to a boy of quick, active temperament the slowness must be rather exasperating.

Yet, in the course of a day a boat went a considerable distance.