FECUNDATION. 



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" The only negro feature in the white child was its nose. 

 There, its resemblance to its mother was perfect. Its* hair 

 was long, light, and silky. Complexion briljiant." ] 



FIG. 33. 



Mulatto mother with twins, one white and the other black. From a photograph. 



We have already referred to the curious fact that, when a 

 cow gives birth to twins, one male and the other female, the 



1 The very interesting case just cited is not unique in this country. Dungli- 

 son, in addition to the well-known case quoted by Buffon, which is often referred 

 to by European writers, gives several instances of twins of different races, and 

 says that this is not uncommon where negro slavery exists. (DUNGLISOX, Hu- 

 man Physiology, Philadelphia, 1856, vol. ii., p. 485.) 



