I am a man, and I live on the finger of a great state, on the banks of a great river,

I am a man, and I live on the finger of a great state, on the banks of a great river, and my house is shared in by my brethren, to whom I impart a portion of the profits of my share in the finger and the river, in consideration of their rendering me an equivalent in the shape of certain portions of my house, which are long of arm, and short of hand, and which are connected together by means of certain ties, running parallel to each other, and long and short at alternate ends of the said portions. My brethren are united to me, and I to them, by means of certain upright pillars, and long and short levers, which are connected by bands and rods, and my brethren and I are thus rendered simultaneous in their movements. On the upper