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have been too great, if he had been seen in the day time. He 
could not have approached the city from any direction without 
neeting people on the road, nor entered by any gate without 
being noticed. Nor would the man who brought him there have 
ventured to change the boy’s dress just outside the town, nor 
sould he have guided so singular a being through the streets as 
far as Unschlitt-Platz without being observed and challenged. It 
ls most probable that safe quarters were engaged before the 
journey was undertaken ; then that Kaspar was secreted for a 
ime and trained in walking, and, finally, that he was deserted in 
1 place not far from where he had been lodged. There is no 
Joubt that the conspirators had agents in Nuremberg at that time, 
and also on a later occasion when secrecy and safety were 
aspecially necessary. 
However, Kaspar Hauser’s stammering account was for the 
moment the only clue to his past history, and the worthy Mayor 
made haste to impart the narration to the public, appending 
hereto the following address ; 
“While the above anomalous instance of cruelty must shock 
every feeling heart, there is abundant reason for believing that the 
sad story is true. 
“The physical condition of our adopted foundling ; the softness 
of his hands ; his inability to partake of any but the simplest food, 
although his body is apparently healthy ; the sensitiveness of his 
organs of taste and smell, which cannot endure the flavour of 
milk nor the odour of flowers; the lack of muscular force, which 
renders him more feeble than a child of eight years; his painful 
gait, which is that of an infant just beginning to walk ; the weak- 
aess of his nerves, as shown by the trembling of his hands, and 
the convulsive working of his face after the least exertion; the 
peculiarity of his eyesight, which, while enabling him to perceive 
objects at a great distance, and in comparative darkness, is ex- 
ceedingly sensitive to the light of day ; his inclination to fix his 
zaze upon the ground; his preference for solitude ; his discom- 
fort in the open scenery of Nature, and in assemblies of his fellow- 
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