A Lusus Naturæ.
! . yttß T^e birth of an ( e.ccenttfc driUMi an* n0U m e^ « b^^] sPi^b^ira newspaper, m Turkish Kurdistan. The infant, which isjaniqbjep^ of .iateriest not unmingled ? with : alarm to aUiujthe neigh* borhppd, was born with a Daard and a moustache, a perfect set of thirty-two teetb, and with no fewet than forty dis« tinctly formed fingers, j Its behavipuc frpm the moment; of its birth has been far from' satisfactory™ Itis ;; excerfai?elj noisy and a{ y j iolent,.>iand; : .QW4.ng to th» cruel bites it inflicts on all who come within ,reachjo£ its mouth,, it. was ioundr necessaiy tq extract ,a|Lite j^pntL.^eetnl . Notwithstanding, .jhis oj n^figursmen£ t^echild> appea/anei tyil a nj^jpe£ ; possessing, at least imposing^ $pan£| I who has seen it as it lies m its cradle stroking its f hekrd and ■ pulling its> moustache with its forty fingers is. ! likely to forget vitr' 1 Few babies hirVeY ; ever excitedJgreaterihteres^/and'^r ex» ! bibitiohpuVposes this stranger is sihiplt^ 'invaluable.- , '>'' >;*; \> % *-l:u>!
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 213, 13 August 1883, Page 2
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159A Lusus Naturæ. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 213, 13 August 1883, Page 2
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