I am an inhabitant of the earth, and a subject of its great sovereign, King George the Third. My name is Thomas Jones, and I was born in the year 1760, in the town of Shrewsbury, which has long been the place of my residence. My father was a keeper of horses, and I was brought up to the same occupation. I have never been at any great distance from the place of my nativity, and have never been able to read or write. I have, however, been very diligent in the way of my calling, and have been constantly employed in it from the time that I was first capable of doing anything. I have never had any illness, and have never been in any kind of trouble, except that once, when I was a few weeks in the
