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The thirty-ninth day was Sunday, July 9, and multitudes came to 

 see the Captain struggling gallantly on in pains and aches, while 100 to 1 

 was offered on him without a single acceptor. It was proposed to have 

 the course roped to keep the crowds back, but this he would not 

 allow for fear of making too much parade. 



Forty-first day. Less time than ever for rest as his legs required 

 incessant rubbing, and it appeared nearly all up with him. He was in 

 capital spirits, however, as the end was fast approaching. The crowd 

 was now so great that it became imperative this morning to have the 

 ground roped and staked. 



Forty-second and last day, Wednesday, July 12, 1809. A hundred to 

 one was still on ofier against time without a single taker among the 

 ten thousand spectators who had assembled. He started for his last 

 mile at 3.15 p.m. after a rest of t-sventy-three minutes, and completed 

 his Herculean task at 3.37 p.m. amidst vociferous cheers. 



BdVs Life gives a table of each day's work, commencing and ending 

 at midnight, but I shall merely give the average of each week's work, 

 which I have carefully compiled from it, leaving out fractions of 

 seconds : — 



Sixteen miles only on the forty- second day. 



His quickest mile was the 35th, walked in llmin. between 10 and 

 11 a.m. on the second day, June 2, whilst his slowest was the 629th, in 

 36min. 30sec , between 4 and 5 a.m. on the twenty-seventh day, June 27. 

 The average time per mile throughout was 17min. 45|sec., and the 

 average rate of walking throughout was 3 miles 3fur. 5|yds. per hour. 

 The actual time occupied in walking the 1,000 miles was 12 days 8hr. 

 Imin. 30sec., which gives an average rate of 81 miles 134yds. 2ft. per 

 diem." 



On finishing, Captain Allardice was immersed in a hot bath for a 

 few minutes, well rubbed down with flannels and put to bed at 4 p.m. 

 He slept soundly till midnight, then he took some water-gruel and slept 

 till 9 a.m. next morning, when he got up as well as ever and attended 

 the July meeting on the racecourse for four hours. 



* I copy these 

 The Author. 



averages from BdVs Life without checking them. 



