He would look at the thing's wonderful hands, and its wonderful pink feet, and have remarks to make.

One hour he came in and examined the creature and repeated great words from some authority: "How many people have ever taken notice of a baby's foot, except to admire its pinkiness and its prettiness ?" said he.

"And yet, to the anatomist, it is a revelation.

Take, for example, the feet of a child of ten months, that has never walked nor stood alone.

It has a power of grasping to some extent, and is used instinctively like a hand.