He found the child, which had been born ten minutes, lying close to the mother's body, with the funis uncut.

The native female maid, at the lady's orders, had left the child untouched, lifting the bed-clothes to give it air.

The lady said that she arose at 5.30 feeling well, and during the forenoon had walked down a long flight of steps across a walk to a small summer-house within the enclosure of her grounds.
Feeling a little tired, she had lain down on her bed, and soon experienced a slight discomfort, and was under the impression that something solid and warm was lying in contact with her person.

She directed the servant to look below the bed-clothes, and then a female child was discovered.

Her other labors had extended over six hours, and were preceded by all the signs distinctive of childbirth, which fact attaches additional interest to the case.