the whole figure of the corpse, exhibiting the eyes, 

 mouth, ears, and every part. But from the very 

 crown of the head, even to the sole of the foot, it was 

 covered over with a very thick set hair ; long, and 

 much curled. The people, amazed at this appearance, 

 went to touch the corpse. But the shape fell away, 

 as it was handled, leaving only a quantity of shape- 

 less hair ; but neither flesh nor bones, only a small 

 part of the great toe of the right foot. 



Each hair consists of several smaller ones, wrapt 

 up in one common covering. They send out bran- 

 ches at the joints. The root lies pretty deep in the 

 skin : and by this they imbibe their proper nou 

 rishment, from the adjacent humours. Their extremes 

 also split into two or three branches, especially if they 

 are very dry, or too long. So that what appears a 

 single hair to the naked rye, to the microscope ap- 

 pears a brush. They are grey on the foivparfc of the 

 head first, particularly about the temples : the back 

 part affords them nourishment longer. For the same 

 reason they fall from the crown of the head first. Their 

 thickness depends on the size of the pores they issue 

 from : if these are small, the hair is fine. If the pores 

 be strait, the hairs are strait 5 if oblique or sinuous^ 

 the hairs are curled. 



All hairs appear round. But the microscope dis- 

 covers some of them to be square, others triangular ; 

 which diversity of figures arise merely from the diver- 

 sity of the pores. Their length depends on the quan- 

 tity of humours proper to feed them, and their colour 

 on the quality. And hence the colour usually diilcrs 

 in the different stages of life, 



The hair of a mouse is a transparent tube, with a 

 pith of smalMibres convolved, running in some hairs 

 spirally, in some transversely, in others from top to 

 bottom. 



The Nails are of the nature and fabric of the cuticle, 

 like which they are also insensible, and renewable, 

 after being cut or fallen off. They are placed 



