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the dimensions of his body at that time ; but we 

 may conjecture they were very small, as he was 

 presented on a plate to be baptized, and for a 

 long time lay in a slipper. His mouth, although 

 proportioned to the rest of his body, was not at 

 that time large enough to take in the nipple ; and 

 he was therefore obliged to be suckled by a she- 

 goat that was in the house, and that served as a 

 nurse, attending to his cries with a kind of ma- 

 ternal fondness. He began to articulate some 

 words when eighteen months old; and at two 

 years he was able to walk alone. He was then 

 fitted with shoes, that were about an inch and a 

 half long. He was attacked with several acute 

 disorders ; but the small-pox was the only one 

 which left any marks behind it. Until he was six 

 years old, he eat no other food but pulse, pota- 

 toes, and bacon. His father and mother were, 

 from their poverty, incapable of affording him 

 any better nourishment ; and his education was 

 little better than his food, being bred up among 

 the rustics of the place. At six years old he was 

 about fifteen inches high ; andi his whole body 

 weighed but thirteen pounds. Notwithstanding 

 this, he was well proportioned and handsome ; his 

 health was good, but his understanding scarcely 

 passed the bounds of instinct It was at that time 

 that the king of Poland, having heard of such a 

 curiosity, had him conveyed to Lunenville, gave 

 him the name of Baby, and kept him in his palace, 

 Baby having thus quitted the hard condition 

 of a peasant, to enjoy all the comforts and the 

 convenjencies of life, seemed to receive no altera- 



