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ingly pretty. Fig. 182 illustrates a curious type, 

 being several sections cut through the whisker 

 hairs of a lioness. In Fig. 183 is another example 

 from the hairs of one of the American peccaries, 



Fig. 182. Section of the whisker hairs of a lioness 



which are not unlike small pigs in their appearance 

 and habits. Lastly, sections are shown from the 

 hairs of the African elephant in Fig. 184, although 

 this great creature seldom has many hairs to spare 

 for scientific purposes, only having a fringe of a 

 few long hairs at the extremity of its tail. 



And now that we have glanced at many and 

 various kinds of plant and animal organisations, 

 and learnt, I trust, that all are wonderfully and 



