Pedestrianism

TO THE READER. THE following Journal of this extraordi­ nary performance was regularly kept by the attendants, under the inspection of a person appointed byMr. Webster, for the purposeof watching thetime, that his interest might be protected in the vent of any failure on the part of Capt. Barclay. It may, therefore, be deemed perfectly correct. In the original, the performance of each hour is certified by the initials of the attendant's name,which we do not thinknecessary to insert here. In the firstcolumn, the hour of the morn­ ing, day, and night,is marked ; in the second, the exact time past that hour at which he started ; in the third, the exact time at which he returned; and in the fourth, the number of minutes in which hewalked themile. In the last column, the state of the weather is mentioned ;and at the foot of the page will be found the total time of performing the twenty-four miles,with the average of each.