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.

by Walter Thom

Thirtieth Day.—June 30.

Hour.		Started min. past.	Returned min. past.	Time per Mile.	State of the Weather.
M.	1	½	19½	19	Cool and pleasant.
	2	36	54	18	Warm and cloudy.
	3	2	20½	18½	Do. do.
	4	37½	58½	21	Calm and foggy.
	5	½	20	19½	Do. do.
	6	21½	50½	29	Do. do.
	7	½	19	18½	Do. do.
	8	38	57	19	Hot and cloudy.
	9	½	20	19½	Do. do.
	10	39	57½	18½	Cool and pleasant.
	11	4½	23½	19	Do. do.
D.	12	35	55	20	Warm, with rain.
	1	½	20	19½	Do. do.
	2	37½	56	19½	Hot and cloudy.
	3	½	19½	19	Do. do.
	4	36	56	20	Do. do.
	5	½	19	18½	Do. do.
	6	38½	56	17½	Calm, with rain.
	7	½	19½	19	Do. do.
	8	38	58	20	Cool and pleasant.
	9	½	20	19½	Do. do.
	10	38	58	20	Warm and cloudy.
	11	½	20	19½	Do. do.
N.	12	38	59	21	Cool and pleasant.

Average time of walking the mile, 19 minutes 1¼ seconds.—Total, (24 miles,) 7 hours 52½ minutes.

Thirty-first Day.—July 1.

Hour.		Started min. past.	Returned min. past.	Time per Mile.	State of the Weather.
M.	1	½	20	19½	Cool and cloudy.
	2	36	58½	22½	Do. do.
	3	3	22	19	Do. do.
	4	36	58	22	Do. do.
	5	½	24	23½	Do. do.
	6	26½	50	23½	Hot and cloudy.
	7	5	25	20	Do. do.
	8	35½	54	18½	Do. do.
	9	½	19	18½	Do. do.
	10	36	56½	20½	Pleasant, with a fine breeze.
	11	2	22½	20½	Warm, with rain.
D.	12	37	57	20	Cool and pleasant.
	1	1½	22	20½	Do. and cloudy.
	2	36	56	20	Warm and do.
	3	½	18½	18	Do. do.
	4	37	56	19	Hot, with sunshine.
	5	½	19	18½	Do. do.
	6	37	56½	18½	Do. do.
	7	1½	20	18½	Warm and fine.
	8	37	56	19	Do. do.
	9	½	21	20½	Do. do.
	10	38	59	21	Cool and fine.
	11	1	21	20	Do. do.
N.	12	37	58	21	Do. do.

Average time of walking the mile, 20 minutes 6¼ seconds.—Total, (24 miles,) 8 hours 2½ minutes.

Thirty-second Day.—July 2.