Pedestrianism

CHAPTER II. MODERN PEDESTRIANISM. SINCE the remote period of Greek and Roman prosperity, nothing analagous to the Olympic games has been exhibited inEurope, if weexcept modern horse-racing,which bears a faint resemblance ; or, perhaps, the tourna­ ments of the middle ages, which presented a nearer similitude. Although the art of war be now different, in some respects, from that which was prac­ tised among the ancients, it is still not less requisite in the present than in former times, to strengthen the physical and intellectual powers of the soldier. To endure the vicissi­ tudes of climates and seasons—to bear cold, hunger, and thirst—to perform long marches under the inclemency of the weather—and to preserve his spirit unbroken amidst the tumult E of