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"In Markshal Church, in Essex, on Mrs. Honeywood's tomb is the
following inscription: 'Here lieth the body of Mary Waters, the
daughter and coheir of Robert Waters, of Lenham, in Kent, wife of
Robert Honeywood, of Charing, in Kent, her only husband, who had
at her decease, lawfully descended from her, 367 children, 16 of
her own body, 114 grandchildren, 228 in the third generation, and
9 in the fourth. She lived a most pious life and died at
Markshal, in the ninety-third year of her age and the
forty-fourth of her widowhood, May 11, 1620.' (From 'Curiosities
for the Ingenious,' 1826.) S. S. R."
Animal prolificity though not finding a place in this work,
presents some wonderful anomalies.
In illustration we may note the following: In the Illustrated
London News, May 11, 1895, is a portrait of "Lady Millard," a
fine St. Bernard bitch, the property of Mr. Thorp of Northwold,
with her litter of 21 puppies, born on February 9, 1896, their
sire being a magnificent dog--"Young York." There is quoted an
incredible account of a cow, the property of J. N. Sawyer of
Ohio, which gave birth to 56 calves, one of which was fully
matured and lived, the others being about the size of kittens;
these died, together with the mother.
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