Portraits, memoirs, and characters, of remarkable persons, from the revolution in 1688 to the end of the reign of George II Collected from the most authentic accounts extant . 230 MEMOIRS OF [OKORCE 11. AN IRISH DWARF. THIS extraordinary person was born in thecounty of Cavan, in Ireland, of parents in a veryhumble path of life; and, in the year 1716, wentto live in the capacity of footman, with a colonel in Dublin. He distinguished himself on many occasions j by his amazing strength ; which circumstance, joinedto his diminutive stature, induced him, at the persua-sion of others, to exhibit him
Portraits, memoirs, and characters, of remarkable persons, from the revolution in 1688 to the end of the reign of George II Collected from the most authentic accounts extant . 230 MEMOIRS OF [OKORCE 11. AN IRISH DWARF. THIS extraordinary person was born in thecounty of Cavan, in Ireland, of parents in a veryhumble path of life; and, in the year 1716, wentto live in the capacity of footman, with a colonel in Dublin. He distinguished himself on many occasions j by his amazing strength ; which circumstance, joinedto his diminutive stature, induced him, at the persua-sion of others, to exhibit himself as a show ; and wasconveyed from place to place for that resource not succeeding, he came to London ;but, however strong, he was of too lazy a dispo-sition to \vork; and subsisted merely by beggingabout the streets. His singular appearance, anduncouth manners, attracted the notice of every be-holder ; children were frightened, and dogs snarledat him, as he passed them in the streets; andhe excited the surprise and wonder of all whom. The T;iK NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTO*. LKNCA AN£5 .I1LDJKN * GEORGE ii.] REMARKABLE PERSONS. 231 he accidentally encountered. He was but three feetnine inches in height^ heavy and clumsily made;and so surprisingly strong, that he could carry fourmen, two sitting astride on each arm; and displayother astonishing proofs of his strength. He usedto carry a stout staff nearly as high as himself, afragment of a hat held out to beg, his garb raggedand dirty, holes in his stockings, and his toes protrud-ing through his shoes. Some time before his death,he sold his body to Mr. Omrod, a surgeon, for aweekly allowance ; who, after his death, made a skele-ton of his bones, which was first placed in the museumof his grace the Duke of Richmond, and at presentis preserved in that of the late Dr. William Hunter,at the University of Glasgow.^ One William Jinkins, a bellows-mender, madea similar agreement with Mr. John Hunter, whogav
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