Pedestrianism

MODERN PEDESTRIANISM. 49 fourteendays on RichmondCourse. He per­ formed this long journey at the following rate: first day, fifty-nine miles: second, fifty- five and three-quarters: third, fifty-two and three-quarters: fourth, fifty-one: fifth, fifty- one : sixth, fifty-one: seventh, forty-three: eighth, forty-two and three-quarters: ninth, forty-four and three-quarters: tenth, fifty- one: eleventh, fifty-one: twelfth, fifty-four and a half: thirteenth,fifty-one: andon the fourteenthday, thirty-six milesand a quarter, havingfinished the whole distance withinfive hoursof the timeallowed. In 1792, Mr. Eustace walked from Liver­ pool to London in four days. He was then seventy-sevenyears of age, and the distance exceeds two hundred miles. On a journey from Chester to London, when eleven years younger,he went ninety milesthe first day. Mr. Downes is well known as a first-rate pedestrian. In February 1808, he walked fourhundred milesin ten days for a bet of a hundred guineas. He was greatly fatigued by the exertion5 and his weight wasreduced G V more