21/52 Hear and obey at once." Under this impulse the men started and breakfast was soon disposed of. Manuel fetched in a _rara avis_, a little old man of 95 years, who had an extra thumb on his right hand. Notwithstanding the small population of the town, there were three cases of extra digits. In addition to this old man with his extra thumb, two persons in the town each had an extra toe upon one foot. We have already stated that the _presidente_ of the village was a fool. |