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Some years since,
the feat of walking 1,000 miles in 1,000 hours was considered next to an impossibility.
But here, we have to record the wonder doubled.
This has been accomplished on the Surrey Cricket Ground, Kennington Oval, by Richard Manx,
whose feats of walking present instances of the capability and endurance of the human frame altogether unparalleled.
Manx commenced this feat on Friday the 26th of last September,
but, being suddenly attacked with diarrhoea,
he was compelled to give up on the Monday following, after having walked 129 miles.
His surgeon ordered Manx to rest for a time, to recruit his health and strength.
This the pedestrian reluctantly yielded to, and for a fortnight he remained under medical treatment.
On Friday the 10th of October, he recommenced his great task.
Starting for the first mile at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, on he went, full of spirit,
completing his first 100 miles at 43 minutes 15 seconds after 5 o'clock on Sunday evening the 12th of October,
his second 100 miles at 44 minutes 10 seconds past 7 o'clock on Tuesday the 14th of October,
and finally...
After completing another 799 miles,