Pedestrianism

126 CAPT. BARCLAY'S PERFORMANCES. injured by theexcessive fatigue, extreme de­ bility must have nsued, andhis labours would, no doubt, have terminated in the same manner as those of the other gentlemen who have at­ tempted thismatch. He breakfasted, after returning from his walk, at five in the morning. He ate aroast­ ed fowl, and drank a pint of strong ale, and then took two cups of tea with bread and but­ ter. He lunched at twelve; the one day on ^ beef-steaks, andthe other, on mutton-chops, of which he atea considerable quantity. He dined at six,either on roast beef, or mutton- chops. His drink was porter, and two or three glasses of wine. He supped ateleven on a cold fowl. He ate such vegetables as were in season; and the quantity of animal food he took daily was from five tosix pounds. He walkedin a sort of lounging gait,with­ out apparently makingany extraordinary ex­ ertion, scarcelyraising his feet more than two ftr three inches abovethe ground. His dress was adapted to the changeable •state of the weather. Sometimes he walked in