Pedestrianism

FAVOURITE PURSUITS., soy and over his head the same weight, a distance of five yards. In the mess-room,Capt. Keith, the paymaster ofthe 23d regimewnth,o weigh­ ed eighteenstones, stood upon Capt. Barclay's right hand, and, being steadiedby his left, he thus took him up and set himon the table. He has performed many similar feats ; and few men areable to matchhim in those sports which are analagous to the English game of quoits, or what the ancients termed theDis­ cus. But the deltoid muscle of his arm is uncommonly large, and expanded in a man­ ner that indicates very great strength. His predecessorshave always been remark­ able for their muscular power. Colonel Bar­ clay, the first of Ury, was upwards of six feet in height; and his sword, which still remains, is too heavy to be wielded " in these degene­ rate days." Many popular stories are told of the feats of strength performed byhis great­ grandfather ; and the late Mr. Barclay of Ury, it is well known, was uncommonly powerful. The name BARCLAY is of Celtic origin, and implies greatstrength*. D d ' Capt.