Travel Wisdom - On the legs(Constance Gordan)

 "what really fascinates the eye and bewilders the mind is simply the common street life, which from the morning till night , as you move slowly through the streets, present a sucession of pictures, each of intense interest and novelty. "...............

.......She went walking ........" really to enjoy such an expedition, one must go quietly on foot, with all powers of observation on the alert, never knowing what strange novelty will entail.

- 'Constance Gordan- Cumming in China' (1878) - from the book 'A Corkscrew is Most usefull' (page 243 ) as read on 28/8/13