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titles of hair are penBitted to remain i^poa 

 the heels of draff hordes of the above descrip- 

 tion, without exeeptiori ; and it is in vmu to 

 expostulate upon the absurdity^, by eDtaig- ■ 

 ing upon the heat it occasions in summer^ or 

 the dirt and filth it harboors in winter- Yosa 

 are told in return. ^* of its utility in prereBt- 

 '^ ing injuries from fiintS;^ braises frosa 

 ^' stones/* &c. this is the evident efect of 

 instinctive otetinacy sind ignaraiiee^ trarjs* 

 mitted from sii'e to son ; and is one of the 

 Hiost palpable resisons that can be produced? 

 for the frequent appearaoce and pnagre^ of 

 this complaint^ whether proceeding ^ngiBailj^ 

 from a hidden aceismolation of eKtem^ pas- 

 tiness or internal impority. 



As I mean however to give the explana-- 

 lion of this disease the face of noveltv* I 

 »^haU hint only at the impossibility of remov- 

 ing, from under the loads of hair jost de^ 

 scribed, the quantity of dirt and extraneous 

 matter that mtist inevitably lodge th^re^ and 

 continue to aceumttlate^ without even a pro- 

 bability of extirpation ; and proceed to ha- 

 zard an opinion^ or perhaps a faet^ that the 

 p?aportion of secreted perspirable matter. 



