Pedestrianism

102 CAPT. BARCLAY'S PEHFOHMANCES. miles), notwithstandingthe heat of the wea­ ther, in fourteenhours, beating the clerkse­ veralmiles. In Decemberthe yearfollowing,he accom­ plished one hundred and fifty miles in two days, having walked from Fenchurch Street to Birmingham, roundby Cambridge. A few days afterwards, he returnedin the same time by the wayof Oxford. In November 1800, he walked sixty-four miles in twelve hours, including thp time re­ quisite for taking refreshment. He started from Ury at twelve at night, and went to Ellon in Aberdeenshire, wherehe breakfast­ ed, and returned by twelve mid-day. This walk was performedas a trial preparatory to a match he had undertaken to accomplish in December following. He had engaged to go ninety miles in twenty-one hours and a half, for a bet of five hundred guineas, with Mr. Fletcher of Ballingshoe, a gentle­ manof turf notorietyb;ut unfortunately,he caught cold after one of his sweats while training, and becameso ill, that he was un­ able