Pedestrianism

/ PREFACE. AT the suggestion of a tew friends, the author undertook this work. . His intention at first was to confine it solely to Capt. Bar­ clay's performances. But on farther consi­ deration, he thought that the feais of other pedestrians might be introduced, and the plan enlarged, so as to embrace a treatise conveying information or amusement to readers in general, as well as to sporting gentlemen. He has therefore treated of objects con­ nected with the physical powers of man, with the view of drawing the attention of the public to the best means of strengthen­ ing and augmenting the capacities of the body. The subject he deems important, especially at a time when the physical ener- a 2 gies