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The forehead occupies a large part of the 

 face, and contributes greatly to its beauty. It 

 fhould be well proportioned, neither too flat nor 

 too prominent ; neither too narrow nor too 

 fhort; and it fhould be regularly adorned with 

 hair both above and on each iide. The hair 

 gives great expreffion to the countenance ; bald- 

 nefs is therefore a capital defed: ; and the prac- 

 tice of employing fuperficial hair, which is nowfo 

 general, ought to be confined to fuch as are na- 

 turally bald ; for borrowed locks often change 

 the true character of the face. If every man 

 wore his own hair, and allowed It to float free- 

 ly, it would be more eafy to diftinguifli cha- 

 racters by the general afpeCt of the countenance. 

 The crovvn of the head, and immediately a- 

 bove the temples, are the parts which firft be- 

 come bald ; but the hair below the temples, and 

 on theunder part j||f the back of the head, feldom 

 falls off. Baldnefs is peculiar to man: Women, 

 in the moft advanced age, though their hair be- 

 comes white, are feldom affeded with baldnefs : 

 Children and eunuchs are not more fubjed to it 

 than women ; and the hair is flronger and 

 more abundant in youth than at any other pe- 

 riod. The longeft hair becomes dry, and gra- 

 dually wailes and falls off as we advance in hfe. 

 The whitenefs commences at the points ; and, 

 when the hair is totally white, it lofes its 

 flrength, and at laft fal's off altogether. There 

 liave been examples of young people whofe hair 



was 



