a-travel'ing

Updated: June 27, 2025

What are ye a-travel'ing in this sort of way for, in a paper dug-out?" I pleaded a strong desire to study geography, but the wise fellow replied: "Geography! geography! Why, the fellers who rite geography never travel; they stay at home and spin their yarns 'bout things they never sees."

Nathaniel H. (Nathaniel Holmes) Bishop - Voyage of the Paper Canoe; a geographical journey of 2500 miles, from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico, during the years 1874-5