Even as children they were inseparable companions; and it was noticed that they always seemed to prefer each other's society to that of any other persons.

They nearly always played together; and, so accustomed was their mother to this peculiarity, that, whenever both of them chanced to be lost, she usually only hunted for one of them -- satisfied that when she found that one she would find his brother somewhere in the immediate neighborhood.

And yet these creatures were ignorant and unlettered--barbarians themselves and the offspring of barbarians, who knew not the light of philosophy and science.

What a withering rebuke is this to our boasted civilization, with its quarrelings, its wranglings, and its separations of brothers! As men, the Twins have not always lived in perfect accord; but still there has always been a bond between them which made them unwilling to go away from each other and dwell apart.

They have even occupied the same house, as a general thing, and it is believed that they have never failed to even sleep together on any night since they were born.