Pedestrianism

PKEFAgiJ.i- V adopting such measures for training our troops preparatory to actual service as would fit them for undergoing the hardships of the campaign. He therefore trusts that this work may deserve the perusal of military men^-no class in the community having so much oc­ casion to prepare themselves to bear bodily latigue, as those who are engaged in the businessof war.—And, if it be fully explain­ ed, as the author hopes it is, by what expe­ dients men maybe ehaWed to undergo more than ordinary .exertion, the subject certainly merits the consideration of the defenders of their country •:. j • . But as ^ercjse conduces somuch to the strength and soundness of. both body and mind, the subjects treated in this volume, may be deemed, he presumes, of sufficient moment to deserve the attention of all classes. The different pedestrian matches which are recorded, may serve to illustrategeneral principles.