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cannot reach to the soles of the feet, we shall not be sur- 
prized that the feet and toes also should be occasionally 
called upon to do their quota of duty for their absent bre- 
thren, the fingers. Thus, when the lad has occasion to 
dress, he finds it necessary, before lie can insinuate ei- 
ther leg into a stocking, to open the orifice by means of the 
other foot. This preliminary step being accomplished, he 
is then enabled by means of his toes, assisted even with the 
teeth, to drag up the stocking to the necessary height. 
Such are the natural expedients resorted to by Mark 
Yarwood, with the view of obviating a privation, which no 
one laments less than himself. — " I do not wish to have 
hands," said the contented little fellow, with much pride and 
naivete, as I have never known the use of them, nor have 
I ever felt the loss of them."" — It cannot be concealed, how- 
ever, that he is not so entirely independent, as he would 
conceive himself to be, of the manual offices of the friends 
by whom he is surrounded. Thus, for instance, in dress- 
ing himself, the act of buttoning has hitherto eluded his 
utmost skill. Yet many of the operations which have hi- 
therto baffled his ingenuity, might be easily surmounted by 
artificial means, the expence of which, it is to be regretted, 
his parents can little afford. It may, therefore, be hoped, 
that the opulent individuals of the neighbourhood in which 
the youth resides, and by whom the astonishing expedients 
he uses cannot fail to have been often witnessed, may feel 
such an interest in his case, as to assist him in increasing 
those resources to which he has been hitherto most happily 
prompted by Nature herself. 
The last information I have to communicate relative to 
the case of Mark Yarwood, concerns his education. He 
was placed some time ago at the National School be^ 
longing to the extensive parish of Bowden, with the 
view of being merely taught to read. But about nine 
