CURIOUS TWINS.
There is at present in Bombay a living objecb that may rightly be clashed among the most curious phenomena of nature. At a house in Mazagon may be seen a pair of female twins, separate in every respect but from the breast-bone to the lower part of the abdomen, which is closely joined. The upper breast-bone of each infant is linked into the other, the outer skin covering both trunks. The twins are joined front to front; shoulders, arms, lower limbs, and feet perfectly formed, and development healthy, while the heads are well shaped and the faces really pretty, with beautiful eyes, large and bright. The twins are six months and 20 days old, are in perfect health, and measure 20 inches in in height, one appearing — but in a very trifling degree — larger than the other. Both have vigorous appetites and take kindly to the feeding bottle, are extremely lively, and appeared good tempered. The strangely united pair were born in Dampooli, in the Rutnagherry I'olleotorato, the father being a Mahomedan and a seafaring man, while the mother has besides a pretty little daughter of about ten. The twins have up to this time never been ill, and to every appearance are likely to grow up. —Times of India.
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Evening Post, Volume XIX, Issue 14, 17 January 1880, Page 1 (Supplement)
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