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among the race of men, and shows, at present, no 
sign of becoming obsolete. Moreover, that first 
correlation, namely, milk-glands and a hairy cover- 
ing, appears to have entered the very soul of 
creatures of this class, and to have become psychical 
as well as physical, for in that type, which is only 
inferior to the angels, the fondness for this kind of 
outer covering is a strong and ineradicable passion.” 
I am not sure that this view accords with some 
facts in our experience, and with some instinctive 
feelings which we all have. Like Waterton I have 
found that the feet take very kindly to the earth, 
however hot or cold or rough it may be, and that 
shoes, after being left off for a short time, seem as 
uncomfortable as a mask. The face is always un- 
covered; why does the supposed correlation not 
apply to this part? The face is pleasantly warm 
when the too delicate body shivers with cold under 
its covering; and pleasantly cool when the sun 
shines hot on us. When the wind strikes us ona 
hot day, or during violent exercise, the sensation to 
the face is extremely agreeable, but far from agree- 
able to the body where the covering does not allow 
the moisture to evaporate rapidly. The umbrella 
has not entered the soul—not yet; but it is miser- 
able to get wet in the rain, yet pleasant to feel the 
rain on the face. “I am all face,” the naked 
American savage said, to explain why he felt no 
discomfort from the bleak wind which made his 
civilized fellow-traveller shiver in his furs. Again, 
what a relief, what a pleasure, to throw off the clothes 
