At Prickwillow, near Ely, Mr. Gittam of Nordelph, Norfolk, undertook to skait a mile on the ice in three minutes, for a wager of one hundred guineas. An amazing assemblage of persons attended to witness the undertaking, and were agreeably surprised to see it accomplished with great apparent ease in fifteen seconds less than the given time.
He unfortunately lost his life that night on his way home, by coming, whilst skaiting with great velocity, in contact with the trunk of a willow tree, not far distant from his own house at Upwell, on the river Cam.
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