A
SKETCH
OF THE
LIFE
OF
GEORGE WILSON,
THE
Blackheath Pedestrian;
WHO UNDERTOOK TO
WALK ONE THOUSAND MILES
IN TWENTY DAYS!!
BUT WAS INTERRUPTED BY A WARRANT FROM CERTAIN MAGISTRATES OF THE DISTRICT, ON THE MORNING OF THE SIXTEENTH DAY, AFTER HAVING COMPLETED 750 MILES.
WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
Vires Acquirit Eundo.
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LONDON:
PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, BY HAY AND TURNER,
No.11, NEWCASTLE STREET, STRAND.
1815.
Entered at Stationers Hall.