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GENERATION. 



physical character ; a fact which is readily explained by the assumption that 

 two ova have been separately fecundated. This view is entirely sustained by 

 observation and experiment. Many cases illustrating this point are on 

 record. 



The following communication, with a photograph, was received in Jan- 

 uary, 1869, from Dr. John H. Janeway, Assistant Surgeon, U. S. A., and it 

 illustrates superfecundation in the human subject ; or at least that was the 

 view taken by the negro father : 



" Frances Hunt, a f reedwoman, aged thirty-five years, gave birth to twins, 

 February 4, 1867, in New Kent County, Virginia. One of these twins was 

 black, the other was white. Frances is a mulatto. The black child is much 

 darker than she is. Previous to the parturition, she had given birth to seven 

 children, all single births. She was living at the time of her impregnation 

 in the family of a white man as house-servant, sleeping with a black man at 

 night. She insists, however, that she never had carnal intercourse with a 

 white man. She probably does this because the black man turned her out of 



FIG. 292. Mulatto mother with ttcins, one white and the other black (from a photograph). 



his house when he saw that one of the children was white. 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 brilliant." 



