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No. V.—HAIR. By Du. BEDDOE, F.B.S. 
I. Is the hair straight, slightly or much waved, curly or 
frizzty, or what is called woolly ? 2. If curly or frizzled, is 
this due to nature or art ? 3. Is it in great quantity? 4. What 
length does it attain, whether measured by the apparent dis¬ 
tance between points and roots of the locks, or by stretching 
individual hairs P 5. Does it grow in separate tufts ? or is it 
uniformly scattered over the hairy scalp ? 6. Are the hairs 
coarse or fine in texture ? round, flattened, or kidney-shaped in 
section ? 
7. Have the males any beard? If not, are they beard¬ 
less by nature, or do they pluck out or otherwise destroy the 
beard ? 
8. Is the natural colour of the hair interfered with in any 
way ? 9. Is there any colour which is preferred to others ? 
(VI. Colour.) 
10. Obtain specimen-locks, if possible, of different ages, viz. 
(a) at birth, ( b) between 1 and 2 years, (c) 2 and 4, ( d ) 4 and 
8, (e) 8 and 16, (/) adult. 
II. On what parts of the body does hair grow ? at what age 
does it begin to grow on the different parts ? and in what quan¬ 
tities ? 12. What is the difference between male and female 
in this respect ? 13. What difference is observed in the quality 
and colour of the hair on different parts of the body ? 
14. In what direction does the hair grow on different parts 
of the body, hands, arms, legs, &c. ? 15. At what age do grey¬ 
ness and baldness appear ? and in what parts first P (IV.) 
No. VI.—COLOUR. 
By Db. BEDDOE, E.B.S. 
Even educated men differ very widely as to the appreciation 
of colours and their nomenclature. Such a term as u olive/’ for 
example, is used by different observers to denote hues totally 
different from each other. Moreover, decided colours, such as 
bright red or yellow, or coal-black, are apt to attract the eye, 
and their frequency is likely to be overestimated. It is there- 
