TABLE Of CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER I.—Parr I.—Of the word “Pile,” page 7. The Definition of Pile, 7. The Description of Pile, 7. 
The most important Division of Pile, 8. Of Fleece, 9. Pile and Feathers have been confounded, 9. 
Description of a Feather, 9. The difference between a Hair and a Feather, 10. The Tegumentary 
Appendages of the Ostrich, 11. The Down of young Birds, 11. The Eye-Lashes of the Ostrich, 11. 
The Beard of the Turkey, and Whalebone, 11. The Pile of the Ornithorynchus, 12. 
Part If.—The Mantle and Hair-like Processes of the Armadillo, 14. Description of the Hair-Like Pro- 
cesses, 14. Of Scales, 15. The Scales of the Pangolin, &c.,15. Particular Description of them, 15. 
Scales of Prehensile Tails, 16. The Scales of the Tail of the Possum, 16. Scales of the Tail of the 
Muskrat, 16. Scales of the Tail of the Field-Mouse, 16. Scales of the Tails of some Monkeys, 16. 
Remarks on the Scales of Prehensile Tails, 17. Of Fibrous Protuberances resembling Horn, 17. Their 
Comparison with true Horn, 17. , The Horn of the Rhinoceros, 18. The Hair of the Ear of the same, 18. 
Of Spines, 18. The Spines of the Porcupine, 18. The Spines of the Pecary, 19. Of Whiskers, 19. 
The Whiskers of the Rabbit, 20. The Whiskers of the Irish Hare, 20. The Whiskers of the 
Possum, 21. Of Bristles, 21. The Bristles of the Russian Wild Boar, 22. Comparison of Dimensions . 
of Bristles, 22. Comparison of Ductility, Elasticity and Tenacity of the same, 22. Of Mane Hair, 2% 
The Mane of the Lion, 24. The Mane of the Horse, 24. Mane of the Cervus Canadensis, 24. Mane 
of the Cameleopard, 24. Of Tail Hairs, 24. The Tail Hairs of the Hippopotamus, 25. The Tail Hairs 
of the Zebra, 25. The Tail Hairs of the Cervus, 25. The Tail Hairs of the Arabian Bull, 25. The 
Tail Hairs of the Elephant, 25. 
CHAPTER II.—How Pile grows, 26. Of the different parts of a Filament of Pile, 26. Of the Button, 27. 
The Cells of the Button, 27. The Normal Shape of the Button of the Head of one of the Oval- 
Haired Species, 27. The Shaft, drawn out of the Button, 27. Buttons of Hairs that fal? out, 28. Hairs 
with no Button, 28. The Button of the Cylindrical-Haired Species, 28. The Button of the Eccentrically 
Elliptical-Piled Species, 28. Buttons on other Hairs of the Body, &c., 28. Of the Ear, 29. Of the 
Eye-Brow, 29. Of the Eye-Lashes. 29. Of the Nose, 30. Of the Common Whiskers of Man, 30. Of 
the Beard, 30. ‘Three Shafts growing out of one Button, 30. The Fashions of wearing the Hair and 
Beard, 30. Button of the Hair of the Arm-pit, 31. Of the Pubes, 32. A Remarkable Case, 32. Of 
the Button of the Hair of the Limbs, 83. Of the Body,33. General Remarks upon Buttons, 33. Of the 
Buttons of the Hairs of the Lower Animals, 34. Of the Apex of Pile, 34. Of Dichophy, 35. Of 
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