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found him a rogue. However, most of these ob- 

 servations, tending to a discovery of the mind by 

 the face, are merely capricious ; and nature has 

 kindly hid our hearts from each other, to keep 

 us in good-humour with our fellow-creatures." 



The parts of the head which give the least ex- 

 pression to the face, are the ears ; and they are 

 generally found hidden under the hah*. These, 

 which are immoveable, and make so small an ap- 

 pearance in man, are very distinguishing features 

 in quadrupeds. They serve in them as the prin- 

 cipal marks of the passions ; the ears discover 

 their joys or their terrors, with tolerable preci- 

 sion; and denote all their internal agitations. 

 The smallest ears in men are said to be the most 

 beautiful; but the largest are found to be the 

 best for hearing. There are some savage nations 

 who bore, their ears, and so draw that part down, 

 that the tips of the ears are seen to rest upon 

 their shoulders. 



The strange variety in the different customs of 

 men, appears still more extravagant in their man- 

 ner of wearing their beards. Some, and among 

 others the Turks, cut the hair off their heads, 

 and let their beards grow. The Europeans, on 

 the contrary, shave their beards, and wear their 

 hair. The Negroes shave their heads in figures 

 at one time, in stars at another, in the manner of 

 friars ; and still more commonly, in alternate 

 stripes; and their little boys are shaved in the 

 same manner. The Talapoins, of Siam, shave 

 the heads and the eye-brows of such children as 

 are committed to their care. Every nation seems 



