Pedestrianism

154 CAN. BARCLAY' S PERFORMANCES, what better spirits, but in other respects the same; no difference during the day.—Nine and eleven, night: walked with the greatest difficulty. Forty-second day.—One, morning: could not mend his pace, but in better spirits.— —Three, morning: in better spirtihtasn usual. This being thelast morning, there weremany attendants.—Five, seven, and nine, morning: nearly in the same state, but in good spirits. Eleven, forenoon: the crowd began to assem­ ble from all quarters.—One, P. M ;. the crowd so great that he could scarcely find room to walk; to appearance hewas much better, and walked with less difficulty: he mended his pace.—Three o'clock, afternoon: the last mile, which he performed in twenty-two mi­ nutes, and the crowd gave three cheers. Before Capt. Barclay had finished the last mile, a hot bath was prepared for him in an adjoining house, where he slept. He was put into thebath for a few minutes,and when taken out, well dried with flannel, and put to bed.