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of hair belongs to the American and Mangolian 

 varieties. 



3. A softer black, thick and curled, is found 

 among the South-sea Islanders. 



4. Black and crisp, in all the negro tribes. 



It may be proper to notice here that the hair of 

 the African has been ascertained to bear no resem- 

 blance to wool except in appearance, and that it has 

 all the characters of true hair. 



The above divisions hold good generally, but we 

 find, as in colour so in hair, many individual ex- 

 ceptions in the different races. 



As great differences are observable in the various 

 races in point of beard, as of hair generally. Most 

 individuals of the dark races are remarkably deficient 

 in this particular. The Mongolians have much less 

 beard than the Europeans, and it grows later. The 

 Calmucks have small and poor mustachios, and very 

 little hair on the body. The Burats are nearly 

 beardless, so are the Tungooses and other hordes of 

 Eastern Siberia. The Chinese resemble the Mon- 

 golian tribes in this particular ; but contrary to their 

 practice the latter encourage the growth of beard. 

 The custom of exterminating the beard and hair 

 on the body is common among many of the dark 

 nations, but this would not have been attempted 

 and could not be executed if nature had furnished 

 them in this article so plentifully as she has done 

 the Europeans. 



There has been much controversy whether the 

 native Americans have beards or not ; it is now com- 



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