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L PHYSIOLOGY.
Id QUAINT old Latin author asks, "What is a Beard ?
Hair? and what is Hair ? a Beard?" Perhaps a
Beard may he defined more clearly hy stating, that in its
fall extent it comprehends all bair visible on the counte-
nance below the eyes, naturally growing down the sides of
the face, crossing the cheeks by an inverted arch, fringing
the upper and lower lips, covering the chin above and be-
low, and hanging down in front of the neck and throat:—
moustaches and whiskers being merely parts of a general
whole. The hair of the head differs from that of the
Beard. In an enlarged microscopical view, the former is
seen to resemble a flattened cylinder, tapering off towards
the extremity. It has a rough outer bark, and a finer
inner coat; and contains, like a plant, its central pith, con-
sisting of oil and coloring matters. At the lower part it is
bulbous, and the pith vessels rest on a large vesicle. The
bulb is enclosed in a fold of the skin, and imbedded in the
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