Pedestrianism

108 capt. B arclay'sperformances. Whenhe hadfinished,he was so strongand hearty,andin fact so well, that he could have continuedfor several hourslonger, and might have gone twenty or thirty miles farther.— Thousandsof spectatorson foot andon horse­ back,attended duringthe courseof his walk­ ing, and he was loudly huzzaed, and carried on the shouldersof the multitude. In August 1802,Capt. Barclaywalkedfrom Ury to Dr. Grant'shouse at Kirkmichael, a distanceof eighty miles,where he remained a day and night, (but without going to bed,) and came back to Ury by dinner on the third day, returningby Crathynaird, whichlength­ ened the journey twenty miles. The roads overwhichhe performedthis journey, wereex­ tremelyrugged, being through the mountain­ ous parts of Aberdeenshire, and the distance altogetherwas one hundred andeighty miles. In June next year, he undertook to run a matchfor a mile and a half againstBurke,the celebratedpugilist, whom he beat with ease. In the monthof July, he walked from Suffolk Street, Charing Cross, to Newmarket, in ten hours.