First published in 1879, this is Robert Louis Stevenson's personal account of a 12-day walking tour he undertook in the autumn of 1878. Travelling through the mountainous Cevennes region of southern France, Stevenson and his companion, a donkey named Modestine, averaged 10 miles a day. Stevenson was also the author of "Kidnapped", "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde", "The Master of Ballantrae" and "Treasure Island".