TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. PART 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 I een 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 Ornithoryncbus, 12. 



PART II. 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, 23. 

 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/// 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, 33. Of the Body, 33. General Remarks upon Buttons, 33. Of thr 

 Buttons of the Hairs of the Lower Animals. 34. Of the Apex of Pile, 34. Of Dichophy, 35. Of 



