Pedestrianism

'J12 SKETCHES OF CAPT. BARCLAY^ Previously to Capt. Barclay's undertaking his astonishing performance of one thousand miles in one thousand successive hours, he wished anexperiment tried onthe same plan; and Mr. Molyson, for a small wager, walked one hundred and ninety-two milesin as many successive hours. Mr. Molyson easily ac­ complished* the undertaking, and it was his opinion that he could go on forsix months. But it has beennow fully ascertained, by the failure of some of the best pedestrians in Eng­ land*, that inattempting the BARCLAYMATCH, little inconveniency is felt for the first fort­ night. It is from the fifteenth to the twenti­ eth day that the pedestrian begins to feelthe arduousness of the undertakingw, hich gradu­ ally increases ashe advances. And although Mr. Molyson was fresh and in high spirits at the close of the eight days,it is yet probable, that if he had continued much longer, he years of age;but his athleticpowers are astonishing, and jbe is a true lover of gymnastic sports. * Seepage I2i. would