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form of their faces point them out at once as belonging to the Chinese race. They 
have high but narrow foreheads, and are below the middle height. There isa 
striking resemblance between them at first sight ; but, on examining them close- 
ly, a great difference is observable. Both are lively and intelligent ; they pay 
much attention to what is passing around them ; and are very grateful for any- 
thing that is done for them. As a proof of their intelligence, it may be stated 
that they learned to play at draughts very readily, and were soon able to beat 
those who had assisted in teaching them. They appear to have a great affection 
for each other; and so far from looking upon their extraordinary position with 
regard to each other as a misfortune, they always seem to attach an idea of hap- 
piness to it. 
Each has a name of his own—the one, Chang, and the other, Eng ; but when 
persons wish to address them as one—to claim their attention to any thing, for 
example, or to call them—they are addressed as one, Chang-Eng. 
The point most worthy of remark, in regard to their actions and movements, is, 
that they seem, generally speaking, to be actuated by but one will; and that, 
from whichever of them the volition of the moment may proceed, it seems impe- 
rative on both. Now and then, however, an exception offers itself to this remark 
—as, on the voyage from Siam to the United States, when one of them wanted to 
bathe, and the other refused on account of the coldness of the weather ; and they 
had a quarrel on the subject. 
- It is stated that they never consult together as to their bodily movements, and 
yet never appear in the slighest degree to embarass each other by anything like 
opposing wishes or volition. It is another most remarkable circumstance, too, 
as stated by Dr. Warren, of Boston, who was officially appointed to report on 
them, that he has never heard them speak to each other, though they are very 
fond of talking with a young Siamese, who has been brought with them as a 
companion. 
Cultivation of Maize.—It is stated in the annals of the Horticultural Society 
of Paris, that the white maize of China, although it produces a smaller grain 
than the maize of Pennsylvania, which has been hitherto much cultivated in 
France, yields more abundantly, and gives a much finer flour. Some Chinese 
maize sown in the south of France during the present year, is stated to have 
turned out very well, notwithstanding the badness of the season. 
Tron Shipping.—An iron vessel was last week launched at Liverpool, and not 
only looked handsome, but floated buoyantly. on the water. It is intended for 
the Irish inland navigation. 
The Weather at Naples.—The Gazette of Naples says, that on the first of 
October the heat was snch that it would have been considered as extraordinary 
in summer, even in that climate. The thermometer rose to 26 degrees of Reau- 
mur. 
Zoological Society.—'The death of a male ostrich, which had been for some 
time in the collection of the Marchioness of Londonderry, and subsequent- 
ly presented, with other valuable animals, to the Zoological Society, has af- 
afforded an opportunity, which rarely occurs, of examining the internal structure 
of that extraordinary bird, in comparison with that of man and other animals. 
The Society, we are informed, has also received from India the body of a female 
crang-outang, which has recently been sent over in spirits by George Swinton, 
Esq. a corresponding member of the Society. 
Newcastle Natural History Society.—If it were only on account of the ami- 
able qualities and universal sympathies which it calls forth, Natural History is 
certainly deserving of the cultivation of every one who desires the moral and in- 
tellectual improvement of our nature. Let an individual only be seen capturing 
