OR, A TREATISE ON PILE. f>9 



2d. Of the. inclination of the Hairs of the Body and Members. Hypogastric hairs h:i\r 

 no determinate inclination ; the hair of the navel inclines towards it ; those anterior to the 

 breasts and of the back descend ; those of the neck incline upwards, while those of the 

 members, generally, incline downwards ; with the exception of those of the forearm, most 

 of which incline towards the elbow. 



Inclination of the Hair of the lower Animals. A Treatise upon Milch Cows, recently 

 published by M. Francis Guenen, wherein the quality and quantity of the milk they will 

 give, &c., is said to be determined by certain natural marks, contains some very curious 

 remarks in respect to the inclination of their hair. 



THE CLASSIFICATION OF PILE OF THE HEAD. By the application of the foregoing laws, 

 we will find no difficulty in separating pile of the head into three distinct classes, viz : 



1. Hair that is in shape cylindrical, in direction straight and lank, and in inclination at 

 an acute angle. 



2. Hair that is in shape oi>al, in direction flowing or curling, and in inclination at an 

 acute angle. 



3. Wool that is in shape eccentrically elliptical, in direction crisp or frizzled, and in 

 inclination at a right angle. 



OF THE CLASSIFICATION OF MAN BY THE PILE OF THE HEAD. Having shown that there 

 are three distinct species of pile of the head, if we can prove that there are three portions 

 of men who now exist, and who from time immemorial have existed, the covering of whose 

 heads, respectively, do, and have, uniformly, corresponded with these three species of pile, 

 there will be no difficulty in pronouncing that (judging from the pile of their heads) 

 they belong to three distinct species of men. 



1st. Of the Pile of the present American Indians. We have, in our cabinet of national 

 pile, the largest number and most carefully collected specimens in existence of hair of the 

 head of the present American Indians of the pure blood, these we have examined with the. 

 utmost care and attention, and find them to be cylindrical. 



2d. We invoke the aid of the law above laid down, viz: "that a hair that is cylindri- 

 cal hangs straightly and lankly from the head, and that hair that hangs straightly and 

 lankly must be cylindrical." This being admitted, enables us from the numerous descrip- 

 tions of the American Indian hair, from the earliest discovery of this Continent, (all of 

 which represent them as having straight, lank hair,) to pronounce that they have, for all 

 that time, been cylindrical. 



3d. Of Mound and Mummy American Indian Pile. But we are enabled to trace this 

 character to a much earlier date. We have, in our cabinet, the finest known collection of 

 American mound and mummy hair, to which we call particular attention, as they establish 

 the antiquity and uniformity of this species of men. 



No. 1. Examination and Description of hair and a portion of scalp from the skull of a 

 young American Indian, supposed to be a female of about ten years old, from Pachacamack, 

 Temple of the Sun, five leagues from Lima, South America. This cemetery has not been 

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