Pedestrianism

MODERN PEDESTRIANISM. 51 In April 1808, Mr. Podgers walked four hundredmiles in eight successive days, for a wager of two hundred guineas. He started at Basingstoke, and from Hampshire went in­ to the countiesof Wilts, Gloucester, Somer­ set, Sussex, and Kent, finishingat Maidstone. He walkedtwelve hours each day, and slept eight. His weight was fourteen stones, and he did not appear the least fatigued at any periodof the journey. Mr. Dowler,a publican at Towcester, Nor­ thamptonshire, walked five hundred miles in seven successive days, for a bet of one hun­ dredguineas. He started on the 3d of No­ vember 1808,andfinished on the 9th, at three o'clock in the afternoon. Captain Howe is a celebrated pedestrian, andwalked threehundred andforty-six miles in six days, fora wager of two hundred gui­ neas. He started on the 8th of March 1808, at four in the morning, to go from London to Exeter, andmade out sixty-fourmiles by nine at night, havingstopped at Basingstokeforan hour. On the followingdayhe walked seventy c 2 miles.