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When artificially rendered transparent, the whole surface of the shaft is seen marked 
with longitudinal strie, here and there interrupted, and of a dark color. This dry hair is 
easily crushed, when it becomes bright red, breaks into portions and separates into fibrils 
of extreme fineness. 
Conclusion.— We do not apprehend that any one will deny that we have proven that 
the cylindrical and oval-haired species have existed for twenty-seven centuries. 
Or Tue Eccenrricatiy Exuirrican Species.—It might easily be supposed that in a 
city like Philadelphia, abounding in black faces, no difficulty would be encountered in 
procuring pure negro hair. It is quite the contrary, with great exertions we have been 
able to obtain the following only : 
1. Hair of the head of a negro, born in Congo, Africa, the manumitted slave of Colonel 
S. B. Davis, of Wilmington, Delaware ; whom we call Congo Billy. 
2. The Bushman boy from South Africa. 
3. Pure negro wool, presented by Dr. Herring. 
4. Pure negro wool from Wilmington, N. Carolina, presented by P. A. Marstellen, Esq., 
of Arrellton, Prince William County, Virginia. 
5. Pure negro wool of Tom, and the same of Jenny, slaves belonging to Samuel Hodge, 
Little Pedee river, Marion District, South Carolina, presented by Mr. James Mullens. 
6. Pure negro wool ofa slave brought from Africa to Charleston, many years ago, now 
residing in Louisiana, presented by Dr. Marcus 'Taylor, of West Point, Georgia. 
7. Pure African wool, presented by Dr. J. B. Baily, of Oxford, Georgia. 
8 to 15. Eight specimens of pure negro wool from the Rev. Mr. Jno. 8. Brooks, of Mendi 
Mission, Africa. 
Upon a careful examination, all these have been found to be eccentrically elliptical, and 
to be spirally curled. We will notice more particularly some of these specimens. 
1. The Bushman Boy.—The following is a description of this person from the pen of 
William F. Van Amringe, Esq., the author of the Natural History of Man. 
“Accidentally hearing that a Bushman boy was in the Colored Orphan Asylum of New 
York, I visited the institution to see him. He is supposed to be about 18 years of age; 
but is not taller than our children of 9 or 10, thick set, and well formed, without any indi- 
cation of dwarfish peculiarities ; that is, his developments are natural, not stunted. His 
complexion is light mullatto; eyes, deep set; cheek bones very prominent and projecting 
laterally ; forehead low, very narrow, but not receding; comparison full, but causality 
deficient ; caution very largely developed; combativeness full; his posterior or animal 
region of the skull was, I thought, disproportionably small, at which [ was somewhat sur- 
prised. His pile is remarkably peculiar; each tuft on the head is perfectly isolated, 
exhibiting a distinct circle of yellow cuticle, or line of division from every other tuft. 
The tufts are remarkably small, and the hairs of each of them so lightly interwoven that 
each hair appears to be tightly drawn toa common centre.’”-—MS. 
The following brief sketch of his history is from the same talented gentleman : 
“Six years ago a trader from the Cape Colony was on an expedition in the Bushman 
