THE INTEGUMENTS AND CLOTHING OF MAMMALIA. 



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roots of the bristles ; one of which, a, has been extracted, leaving a conical 

 pulp affixed to the bottom of the canal. 



The following engravings exhibit,^ respectively, a section of the skin of 

 the lips of the Lion (fig. 155), and of the Sea Lion (Phoca leonina, fig. 156), 



Whiskers of the Lion. 



W hiskers of the Sea Lion. 



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in which the sockets and bulbs of the whiskers are exposed, and the large 

 nerves displayed, which pass to them, rendering the whiskers feelers. 



The hair of animals is usually arranged, with a certain degree of regu- 

 157 larity, in different forms or figures, the disposition of 



which is best seen when the hairs are removed, the 

 orifices of the canals through which they passed being 

 exposed. The figures assumed by these orifices vary 

 materially: the annexed figure (157) shews their 

 rosette-like arrangement on the skin of the Camel. 



Most animals have both wool and hair as their 

 clothing,* but the preponderance of the one over 

 the other differs materially in various animals, and 

 may be altered by climate, and other influences. The Sheep, in our 

 portion of the globe, the Llama of Chili, the Yak of Tartary, the 

 Camel, &c., are clad, almost exclusively, with wool. Abundance of 

 wool is mixed with the hair of the Deer; even the Tiger and the 

 Seal are not destitute of it ; and it abounds in the fur of the Hare, the 

 Beaver, the Chinchilla, and others ;-f but is always overlayed by the 



Surface of Camel's skin. 



* The Blood-horse of England is destitute of any particle of wool ; but the shaggy Pony of the 

 mountains of Wales, or of the bleak Shetland Isles, is half clad with it. 



t " My opinion," says Mr. Flint, " is, that, with few exceptions, the covering of quadrupeds is 

 a mixture of hair and wool, varying greatly in their proportions to each other. Let us consider then 

 in their native state : they are exposed to the vicissitudes of the seasons, and, therefore, need a 



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