Pedestrianism

48 MODERN PEDESTRIANISM. eVer, a first-tate walkerfor eithera long or a shortjoilrney; and his stature was no more thanfive feet eight inches ; but his legs and thighswere stout, and well calculatedfor per­ formancesof this kind. Mr. JosephEdge, ofMacclesfieldin Cheshire, in 1806, when at the age of sixty-two, walked one hundred and seventy-two miles in forty- nine hours and twenty minutes. He started fromthe Angel Inn at Macclesfield, at twelve o'clock on Wednesday night, and arrived at the Swanwith Two Necks, Ladlane, London, at twenty minutespastone on Saturdaymor­ ning. This performance is remarkable from the age of the pedestrian, who walked at the rateof three miles, three furlongs, thirty-five perches,and ll-74ths feet perhour. Long journies have been frequently per­ formedat the rate of fromfifty to eighty miles a day, for four, six, eight, ten, or more suc­ cessive days, which have evinced the great strengthand perseverance of the pedestrians. In July 1788, John Batty, when fifty-five years of age, walkedseven hundred miles in four-