Pedestrianism

40 MODERN PEDESTRIANISM. stantly running about, and in almost uninter­ rupted motion." P EDESTRIANISM affords the best species of exercise, and may be said to include much that is valuable to mankind. Those distin­ guished persons, therefore, who by their ex­ ample, have rendered this branch of the gym­ nastic art FASHIONABLE and GENERAL , deserve the highest praise. To Captain Barclay, Captain Agar, Captain A cres, Lieutenant Fairman, and many other gentlemen, this country is greatly indebted for their improve­ ment of this art. It is only the thoughtless and inconsiderate part of the community that does not discover the benefits resulting from the exploits of such celebrated professors, be­ cause they cannot estimate the ultimate conse­ quences of individualexertion. But reflecting people must perceive that, in time, desultory efforts may be reduced into asystem founded on principles calculated to strengthenand pre­ serve both the health of our bodies, and the energy