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coiTelated variability. Tlie naked Egyptian dog, for instance, exhibits the feature 

 of abnormal hair and abnormal teeth. 



Some years ago, there was exhibited in London a Spanish dancer, Julia 

 Pastrana by name. She was remarkably hairy, having a thick beard and a 

 hairy forehead ; in both the upper and lower jaw she had an irregular double 

 set of teeth, one row being placed within the other. Jlr. Prestwich, the 

 well-known geologist and antiquarian, told me he had seen this woman. She 

 was photographed, and her stuffed skin exhibited as a show. A photogi-aph of 

 Julia Pastrana was lately exhibited by the Kev. J. G. "Wood, at a meeting of the 

 Anthropological Society of London. 



Whether Maphoon's two hairy children manifest any dental peculiarities 

 or not, I am unable to say, I will try and ascertain this question, which is 

 one of considerable interest. 



The President thanked Mr. Houghton for his description of this 

 very curious and interesting family. 



