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been cut close to the scalp. The locks in their natural disposition projected about 

 l|- cm. ( T % inch) above the surface of the scalp ; the individual hairs when put on the 



Fig. 12. — Norma verticalis, scalp of Negro. 



stretch were elongated to about 5 cm. (2 inches). The shortness of the lock was due 

 to the rapidity of the spiral and its consequent compression. To some extent the 



Fig. 13. — Locks of hair from two Negros. 



free ends of the hairs in adjacent locks may become entangled with each other 

 (fig. 13). It should be noted that the arrangement is natural to the race and is 

 not produced artificially. 



