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CHAP. XLIV 
Of Hair s„ 
H E Hairs of Animals are very differ- 
X ent in their Appearance before the 
Microfcopey and can furnifh out a great Va¬ 
riety of pleafing Obfervations. Malpighi 
difcovered them to be tubular, that is, com- 
pofed of a Number of extremely minute 
Tubes or Pipes, in his Examination of a 
Horfe’s Mane and Tail, and in the Bridles 
of a Boar. Thefe Tubes were mod difiin- 
guifhable near the End of the Hairs, where 
they appeared more open : and he fometimes 
could reckon above twenty of them. In the 
Hedge-hog’s Prickles, which are of the Na¬ 
ture of Hairs, he perceived thefe Tubes ve¬ 
ry plainly, together with elegant medullary 
Valves and Cells. 
There are alfo in the Hairs of many Ani¬ 
mals, in fome tranfverfe, in others fpiral 
Lines, fomewhat of a darker Colour, run¬ 
ning from Bottom to Top in a very pretty 
Manner. A * Moufe’s Flairs are of this 
Sort ; they appear as it were in joints like 
the Back-bone, are not fmooth but jagged 
on the Sides, and terminate in the fharped 
Point imaginable. Hairs taken from a 
# Yid, drc, Nat, Tom. Ill, p. 47, 
Moufe’s 
