Thomas Smith of Palleck

I am a member of the human family, and my name is Thomas Smith. I was born at Palleck, in the county of Palleck, on the 17th of February, 1798, and am consequently now in the sixty-third year of my age. I am a small, but not a sickly, man, and, being of a quiet and rather sedentary habit, do not much approve of sports and exercise. I have, however, a good deal of knowledge of a certain kind, and can, I think, manage a handkerchief, or a handkerchief and a half, handkerchief and a half, and handkerchief and two, in as many different ways as most men. I can also, I believe, throw a good deal of light, if not quite so much