Note 347 — SUPPOSITITIOUS CHILDREN.

It cannot however be denied that most astonishing likenesses sometimes exist between persons utterly unconnected by blood or habit, of this we shall have occasion to speak more fully when treating of personal Identity. The name of Douglas suggests a remarkable instance; Mr. Frank Douglas, a well-known man of fashion, was committed for highway robbery on the positive oath of one of the parties plundered, and very narrowly escaped conviction. On the apprehension of the notorious highwayman Page, the mystery was explained, the personal resemblance being so great, as to deceive all ordinary observation. See Part 3. of Personal Identity.