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not so formed being regarded as illegitimate. A better 

 authenticated case is that of the Lambert family. The 

 peculiarity affecting this family appeared first in the person 

 of Edward Lambert, whose whole body, except the face, the 

 palms of the hands, and the soles of the feet, was covered 

 with a sort of shell consisting of horny excrescences. He 

 was the father of six children, all of whom, so soon as they 

 had reached the age of six weeks, presented the same pecu- 

 liarity. Only one of them lived. He married, and trans- 

 mitted the peculiarity to all his sons. For five generations 

 all the male members of the Lambert family were distin- 

 guished by the horny excrescences which had adorned the 

 body of Edward Lambert. 



A remarkable instance of the transmission of anomalous 

 characteristics is found in the case of Andrian Jeftichjew, who, 

 three or four years ago, was exhibited with his son Fedor Jef- 

 tichjew in Berlin and Paris. They were called in Paris les 

 hommes-chiens, or dog-men, the father's face being so covered 

 with hair as to present a striking resemblance to the face of a 

 Skye terrier. Andrian was thus described : ' He is about 

 fifty-five years of age, and is said to have been the son of a 

 Russian soldier. In order to escape the derision and the 

 unkind usage of his fellow-villagers, Andrian in early life 

 fled to the woods, where for some time he lived in a cave. 



During this period of seclusion he was much given to 

 drunkenness. His mental condition does not seem to have 

 suffered, however, and he is on the whole of a kindly and 

 affectionate disposition. It may be of interest to state that 

 he is an orthodox member of the Russo-Greek Church, and 

 that, degraded as he is intellectually, he has very definite 

 notions about heaven and the hereafter. He hopes to intro- 

 duce his frightful countenance into the court of heaven, and 

 he devotes all the money he makes, over and above his 

 outlay for creature comforts, to purchasing the prayers 

 of a devout community of monks in his native village, 

 Kostroma, after his mortal career is ended. He is of me- 

 dium stature, but very strongly built. His excessive capillary 



