Asymmetry of head. A deaf-mute, who taught himself to talk; 
knows everything that is going on in the institution. Is quite con- 
versant with certain historical facts, and with general topics of the 
day. Having learned in a fashion of his own to read and write, 
keeps a diary of current events and is a veritable encyclopedia. Often 
cruel to younger children, he is devoted to animals, having great 
influence over them — especially turtles, snakes, and opossums. Is 
an excellent worker in the shoe-shop. With a keen sense of the ridiculous is quick to catch a joke. Has a habit of coolly appropriating anything that strikes his fancy, but is on the whole very 
interesting. 

Nothing is known of his family, and. but little of his previous 
history except that as an acrobat he had a fall in a circus, injuring