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son Fedor, who were exhibited in Europe as the 
“ dog men.” The father was covered, face, hands, 
and all, with a thick growth of fine, dirty yellow hair. 
It was two to three inches long. Long tufts of hair 
grew out of his nostrils and ears and from the cor¬ 
ners of his eyes, giving him the appearance of a Skye 
terrier. Fedor, like his father, was covered with hair, 
as was also a daughter, but another son was like ordi¬ 
nary men. 
A certain Mr. Colburn had six fingers and toes, 
and this peculiarity was transmitted through four 
generations. A Scotch family canned this sex-digi- 
tism through three or four generations, wdien it disap¬ 
peared, but in the place of the sixth finger there was 
still a slight deformity. 
The Hebrews are now scattered into all lands and 
climes, but they carry with them everywhere the 
features peculiar to their race, by which they are 
easily recognized. The nose, it is claimed, is most 
persistent in holding hereditary traits, so that we 
speak of the Creek, the Homan, the Jewish, or the 
negro type of nose. 
A long list of instances of the transmission of 
physical peculiarities might be mentioned, but these 
will illustrate the working of the law among the 
human race. 
HEREDITY IN ANIMALS. 
Hear the close of the last century the farmers of 
Massachusetts were mucli annoyed by sheep jumping 
their fences, and often wished for a way to break 
