Pedestrianism

/ 214 SKETCHES OF CAPT. BARCLAY 'S protection of Hanover. He was afterwards promoted to a company, but was not again employed inactual service until the unfortu­ nate expeditionto Walcheren, where he acted in the capacity of aid-de-camp to Lieut.-Gen. the Marquis of Huntly. He embarked for that pestiferous island, a few daysafter hehad finished his pedestrian performance at New­ market, and, although greatlyreduced bythe fatigue of that extraordinary exertion, yet he suffered no injury from the climate of Walche­ ren, and returned home in perfect health.— Since that period,he has not been employed in military transactions, farther than in com­ manding thelocal militia of his native county, which, principally through his exertions, was brought toa high state of discipline. Five yearsago, a pack of fox-hounds was established in Kincardineshireby subscription, under the auspices of Capt. Barclay. He re­ gularly attendedthe pack, wherever it went, and was scarcely a day absent from the chace. In summer, the houndswere kept at Ury, but in the hunting season, they were forweeks, sta-