Pedestrianism

About this eBook

Author

Thom, Walter, 1770-1824

Title

Pedestrianism; or, An Account of the Performances of Celebrated Pedestrians During the Last and Present Century. With a full narrative of Captain Barclay's public and private matches; and an essay on training.

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure

Subject

Walking

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 55644

Release Date

September 27, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS. — ERRATA. — PEDESTRIANISM.
4. 4.CHAPTER I. ON THE GYMNASTIC EXERCISES OF THE ANCIENTS.
5. 5.CHAPTER II. MODERN PEDESTRIANISM.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED. — TABLE containing the Names of the Pedestrians, the Distances they performed, and the Time they required, with the Year of performance, &c.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. CAPTAIN BARCLAY’S PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MATCHES. — TABLE of Captain Barclay’s Pedestrian performances, &c. — JOURNAL OF CAPT. BARCLAY’S CELEBRATED WALK OF ONE THOUSAND MILES IN One Thousand successive Hours . — TO THE READER — First Day.—June 1st, 1809. — Second Day.—June 2. — Third Day.—June 3. — Fourth Day.—June 4th. — Fifth Day.—June 5. — Sixth Day.—June 6. — Seventh Day.—June 7. — Eighth Day.—June 8. — Ninth Day.—June 9. — Tenth Day.—June 10. — Eleventh Day.—June 11. — Twelfth Day.—June 12. — Thirteenth Day.—June 13. — Fourteenth Day.—June 14. — Fifteenth Day.—June 15. — Sixteenth Day.—June 16. — Seventeenth Day.—June 17. — Eighteenth Day.—June 18. — Nineteenth Day.—June 19. — Twentieth Day.—June 20. — Twenty-first Day.—June 21. — Twenty-second Day.—June 22. — Twenty-third Day.—June 23. — Twenty-fourth Day.—June 24. — Twenty-fifth Day.—June 25. — Twenty-sixth Day.—June 26. — Twenty-seventh Day.—June 27. — Twenty-eighth Day.—June 28. — Twenty-ninth Day.—June 29. — Thirtieth Day.—June 30. — Thirty-first Day.—July 1. — Thirty-second Day.—July 2. — Thirty-third Day.—July 3. — Thirty-fourth Day.—July 4. — Thirty-fifth Day.—July 5. — Thirty-sixth Day.—July 6. — Thirty-seventh Day.—July 7. — Thirty-eighth Day.—July 8. — Thirty-ninth Day.—July 9. — Fortieth Day.—July 10. — Forty-first Day.—July 11. — Forty-second Day.—July 12.
8. 8.CHAPTER V. SKETCHES OF CAPT. BARCLAY’S FAVOURITE PURSUITS, AND GENERAL MODE OF LIVING.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. ON TRAINING.
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. ON THE PHYSICAL POWERS OF MAN.
11. 11.APPENDIX. No. I. GENEALOGY OF THE FAMILY OF BARCLAY OF MATHERS AND URY, IN THE COUNTY OF MEARNS.
12. 12.FOOTNOTES

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