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Country, where he found this boy in a wretched condition ; his parents having been killed 

 by the Caffirs. He took the child with him to the Cape, and his business calling him 

 again to the interior, he left him in charge of the American Consul. He did not return, 

 and is supposed to have died. The Consul brought him to the United States and placed 

 him in the Asylum. He learned to speak English at the Cape, and he has since learned 

 to read and write, and appears to possess at least ordinary capacity. His habits are mild 

 and his spirit bold and fearless. His features are of an exaggerated negro type, and his 

 chest is remarkably full and deep." MS. 



Description of the. Wool of the Bushman Boy. Length, natural, when extended 1 inch 

 T L ; shape, eccentrically elliptical ; diameter, -^ by ~s\g f an inch, another ^fa by fa o f 

 an inch ; color, black ; button, sheath and follicle, had none to examine ; direction very 

 closely spirally curled ; curl, ^\ of an inch in diameter ; shaft, cortex, colored by minute 

 longitudinal lines, the lines interrupted and the darkness of the shade depending upon 

 their number and contiguity. Intermediate fibrous substance, white, with a white opaque 

 or translucent ground upon which are a few minute longitudinal lines ; no central canal 

 nor central coloring matter. Transverse sections or disks show a continuous dark color. 



The Wool of Congo Billy. Description of the wool of a Congo negro. Specimen, of a 

 negro called Billy, the manumitted slave of Colonel Samuel B. Davis, of Wilmington, 

 Delaware, aged 80 years, called by us Cong-o Billy. Length, 1 inch and T 2 7 when 

 extended ; shaft, eccentrically elliptical ; greatest diameter, ^1-$ of an inch ; smallest, T 2Vff 

 of an inch ; button, sheath and follicle had none to examine ; spirally curled ; color, 

 black ; shaft cortex, transversely striated, the coloring matter disseminated in it by 

 means of interrupted lines of various diameters. Intermediate fibrous substance, white, 

 translucent or semi-transparent, the fibres when separated show dark, transverse divi- 

 sions. There are a very few deep red hairs, which readily divide into fibrils that are 

 very lustrous ; i\p central canal or central coloring matter ; apex, abrupt and often 

 furcated. 



Inferences. We have thus shown, by the pile of the head, that there are three distinct 

 species of human beings inhabiting this globe, and whose ancestors have been its inhabi- 

 tants for at least from 2,700 to 3,000 year& probably from the first creation of man. 

 These ave : 



1. The Man with cylindrical or ci/lindroidal hair. This pile is straight and lank ; black ; 

 generally long; pierces the epidermis at an acute angle; has the coloring matter dissemi- 

 nated in the cortex and fibres ; the scales are few in number, rounded at their anterior 

 extremity, and invest closely the shaft. 



2. The Man with oval or woidal hair. This pile is either flowing or curling; of many 

 shades of color ; sometimes long; pierces the epidermis at an acute angle; has the coloring 

 matter in a central canal; and the scales few in number, rounded at the anterior extremity, 

 and invest the shaft closely. 



3. The Man with eccentrically elliptical or elliptoidal wool. This pile is crisped and 

 frizzled, and sometimes spirally curled; black; short; pierces the epidermis at right 

 angles; has the coloring matter disseminated in the cortex and fibres, and the scales nume- 



