WHEELBARROW TOUR

Patea Mail, 9 December 1880, Page 3

WHEELBARROW TOUR

A iC new clmm ” named David Hay is making a tour through Canterbury on foot, with a wheelbarrow, in which he carries his impedimenta. In a letter to the Press he thus explains bis preference for this singular mode of progression : *•' First of all is its cheapness. Was there ever a Scotchman yet who was not mindful of the ‘ bawbees V Well, I have no lodging to pay for, because I carry my tent with me, strapped to one of the spokes of my barrow. I cannot stand upright in this tent, but it serves to keep the clew and rain off at night. I transform my vehicle into a kind oi bed by taking the wheel off and spreading out its watertight cover on the ground, then wrapping my mg round me I tidy all changes of the weather. The weather however, allow- me to say, is in this land so unexpectedly genial that really not much defyingof its changes is called for. It is a highly favored land in that respect.” He says ho has travelled in America in the same manner, and he comes to the conclusion that the preference is decidedly to he given to this colony, both on account of the bolter climate, the more homelike aspect of the general features, and for many other reasons. It is not so much a land for a speculator to come to to make a pile of money to go off with, as it is a land for a quiet and home-loving set of people to live and be happy in in an unambitious way.— Post.