Kirby, R. S. [Editor]; Kirby, R. S. [Oth.]: Kirby's Wonderful And Eccentric Museum; Or, Magazine Of Remarkable Characters: Including All The Curiosities Of Nature And Art, From The Remotest Period To The Present Time, Drawn from every authentic Source. Illustrated With One Hundred And Twenty-Four Engravings. Chiefly Taken from Rare And Curious Prints Or Original Drawings. Six Volumes (Vol. VI.) (London: R.S. Kirby, 1820)

58 kirby’s wonderful museum.
The bodies, as taken out, were placed in a boat, preparatory
to the Coroner’s Inquest, the accident having happened
within the limits of the parish of St. Peter.
Sunday Advertiser, and Times, December 1, 1817.
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SINGULAR ACCOUNTS
OF UNUSUAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN AT A BIRTH.
May 21, 1760. A woman at Rennes, aged thirty-seven,
was delivered of three boys and a girl, much smaller than
new born infants are, and all in good health.
Annual Register, 1760. p. [105.
March 5, 1761. A poor woman at Topsham, in Devon-
shire, was delivered of four children.
Annual Register, 1761. p. [80.
June 4, 1764. A young woman of Netra, in Angerma-
nia, a province in the north of Sweden, was brought to bed
of a boy, on the 8th of a girl, the next day another girl, and
died the 10th, in the delivery of a fourth infant.
Annual Register, 1764. p. [91.
December, 1764. The wife of Mr. William Plomer,
clerk to Mr. Willet, in Corn-street, Bristol, was lately deli-
vered of a girl, and in about twelve hours after of two more
girls and a boy. They were baptized by the names of
Hannah, Sarah, Mary, and William ; they were larger than
many twins ; and at first seemed very hearty and likely to
live, but died some days after.
Annual Register, 1764. p. [116.
May 31, 1765. Sarah Banks, of Barham, near Thetford,
was lately delivered of three boys and a girl.
Annual Register, 1765. p. [96.
June 1, 1765. The wife of a collier at Sitzeroda, near
Torgna, in Saxony, was lately delivered of five daughters,
who were all baptized, but died soon after.
Annual Register, 1765. p. [108.