PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. ON THE GYMNASTIC EXERCISES OF THE ANCIENTS.

CHAPTER II. MODERN PEDESTRIANISM.

CHAPTER III. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED.

CHAPTER IV. CAPTAIN BARCLAY'S PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MATCHES.

CHAPTER V. SKETCHES OF CAPT. BARCLAY'S FAVOURITE PURSUITS, AND GENERAL MODE OF LIVING.

CHAPTER VI. ON TRAINING.

CHAPTER VII. ON THE PHYSICAL POWERS OF MAN.

APPENDIX. No. I. GENEALOGY OF THE FAMILY OF BARCLAY OF MATHERS AND URY, IN THE COUNTY OF MEARNS.

FOOTNOTES

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 THE
AUTHOR OF THE HISTORY OF ABERDEEN,
&c. &c. &c.

ABERDEEN:
Printed by D. Chalmers and Co.

FOR A. BROWN, AND F. FROST, ABERDEEN; CONSTABLE AND CO.
AND GREIG, HIGH-STREET, EDINBURGH; LONGMAN AND
CO. PATERNOSTER-ROW; FORSYTH, 114, LEADENHALL-STREET;
AND RICE, 28, BERKELEY-SQUARE,
LONDON.

1813.