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ENGLISH GIANT AND DUTCH DWARF.
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ages have exhibited themselves in the metropolis, during the
years 1816, 181 7, and 1818. Two of which we shall record.
MISS SMITH,
Denominated a A Wonderful Female,” seventeen years
of age, only thirty-three inches high, weighing upwards of a
hundred pounds, perfectly straight and well formed; her skin
was described of the most beautiful texture, and announced
as the greatest curiosity of the female sex ever exhibited.
MR. LEACH,
Called “ The Wonderful Youth,”, when exhibited,
was said to have been about the age of eighteen years,
of a pleasing countenance, possessed of great accom-
plishments, and was of his age 6< the shortest person
in the world.” This wonderful youth had the honour
of walking under the arm of the famous dwarf, Lady Mor-
gan, without touching it, by nearly four inches ; and by the
numerous feats of agility with which he amused his com-
pany, he was deemed one of the greatest curiosities in exist-
ence. Standing upright on his feet, he could touch the floor
with his fingers; he could sit on the floor in a way no other
person was able to do ; he walked down a flight of stairs on
his hands, with his feet in the air, faster than any other per-
son could on their feet. He took a pin out of the wall with
his mouth, standing on one hand and his feet upwards,
higher by twenty inches than any other person that could be
produced. He balanced himself on his hands on the top of
a chair back, from which he throws himself, and alights on
the ground on his hands, walking off on the same, with the
greatest ease. He places a pin on the floor, takes it up
with one hand, and supports his balance on the other, while
he puts it into his mouth. He lays himself on the floor
by the strength of his arms, then raises himself up feet fore-
most, and walks off on his hands. He also walked in a
horizontal position on his hands under a common table,
without touching the table with his feet. Standing on a
149
ages have exhibited themselves in the metropolis, during the
years 1816, 181 7, and 1818. Two of which we shall record.
MISS SMITH,
Denominated a A Wonderful Female,” seventeen years
of age, only thirty-three inches high, weighing upwards of a
hundred pounds, perfectly straight and well formed; her skin
was described of the most beautiful texture, and announced
as the greatest curiosity of the female sex ever exhibited.
MR. LEACH,
Called “ The Wonderful Youth,”, when exhibited,
was said to have been about the age of eighteen years,
of a pleasing countenance, possessed of great accom-
plishments, and was of his age 6< the shortest person
in the world.” This wonderful youth had the honour
of walking under the arm of the famous dwarf, Lady Mor-
gan, without touching it, by nearly four inches ; and by the
numerous feats of agility with which he amused his com-
pany, he was deemed one of the greatest curiosities in exist-
ence. Standing upright on his feet, he could touch the floor
with his fingers; he could sit on the floor in a way no other
person was able to do ; he walked down a flight of stairs on
his hands, with his feet in the air, faster than any other per-
son could on their feet. He took a pin out of the wall with
his mouth, standing on one hand and his feet upwards,
higher by twenty inches than any other person that could be
produced. He balanced himself on his hands on the top of
a chair back, from which he throws himself, and alights on
the ground on his hands, walking off on the same, with the
greatest ease. He places a pin on the floor, takes it up
with one hand, and supports his balance on the other, while
he puts it into his mouth. He lays himself on the floor
by the strength of his arms, then raises himself up feet fore-
most, and walks off on his hands. He also walked in a
horizontal position on his hands under a common table,
without touching the table with his feet. Standing on a