34/40 The streets are so crowded, with vehicles of all sorts, and with people on foot, that it is no pleasure to ride in them, and everyone who can afford it goes about in a carriage. Those who cannot, go in hired vehicles, or on foot. You would hardly see a person on horseback once in a week." "I do not like walking," Doast said gravely. Besides, the weather here is very hot. But in England it is colder, and walking is a pleasure. |