Pedestrianism

POWERS OF MAIIT. 251 if his strengthwere proportionate to that of our species, he ought to bear a loadof twelve or fourteen thousand pounds; but no horse could carry sucha weight; and his strength, therefore, allowingfor the differenceof size, is not equal to that of man. In a memoirpresented to the National In­ stitute of France, M. Coulombsuggested the idea of ascertainingthe quantity of dailyaction whichmen areableto furnishby individualla­ bour,accordingto the different modesin which they employtheir strength. And it hasbeen said that, if all the strength a mancould exert in a day, wereunited into a single effort, he could lift (one foot fromthe ground,) a weight equal to one millionseven hundredand twenty- eight thousand pounds, withoutinjuring him­ self. The DYNANOMETER , of M. Regnier, has af­ forded some curious results regarding the strength of the people of different nations. In the years 1800-1-2-3, and 4, M. Peron sailedon a voyage of discoverywith Captains Baudin and Hamdin, in the Frenchships Lc •v x i 2 Geographe,