Memoir of Tom Smith. 



his father "was induced to remoye him, send- 

 ing in liis place his next "brother, Samuel, now 

 Yicar of Weedon Lois, in IN'orthamptonslure. 

 Two other brothers also became clergymen; 

 two others entered the army; one became a 

 sailor ; another a barrister ; and the ninth died 

 young, as did also one of his sisters ; the 

 eldest daughter married Colonel Johnston; 

 and the second married Mr. James Ward, a 

 county magistrate. 



Tom's next school was at Holybourne, not 

 very far from home, and where he had plenty 

 of opportunities for ^^ sport" in a small way, 

 which he eagerly engaged in, being not at 

 all daunted by an awkward adventure that 

 befell him in one of his holidays. In common 

 with most country-bred boys, bii'd-nesting had 

 great charms for him, and in pursuing this 

 diversion he narrowly escaped with his life on 

 one occasion. He had noticed a sparrow's 

 nest in the roof of his father's cart-house, and 

 this he determined to get. He induced one of 



