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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



A FREAK OF NATURE. 



THERE were recently exhibited in Berlin and Paris two individ- 

 uals who attracted much attention among scientific men, owing 

 to a very singular development of hair upon the face and neck. In 

 Paris they received the appellation of hommes-chiens (dog-men), from 

 the resemblance of the adult's face to that of a Skye terrier. The por- 

 trait here given of Andrian Jeftichjew hardly does justice to this 

 striking resemblance, though in other respects it is a faithful represen- 

 tation of the man's curiously hirsute countenance. Andrian is about 

 fifty-five years of age, and is said to be 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 



Fig. 1. 



Andrian Jeftichjew. 



in a cave. During this period of seclusion he was much given to 

 drunkenness, and even yet he is said to live chiefly on sauer-kraut and 

 schnapps. His mental condition, however, observes a medical journal, 

 does not seem to have suffered, and he is, on the whole, of a kindly 

 and affectionate disposition to his son and those about him. It may 

 be of interest to state that Andrian 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 



