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sebaceous glands. The root is usually inserted obliquely
to the surface. Avoiding further detail, let me at once
direct your attention to the circumstance, that -whereas
the hair of the head is only furnished with one pith tube,
that of the Beard, is provided with two * Is not this a
striking fact to commence with ? and does it not at once
suggest that this extra provision must have a special pur-
pose ? It has, as we shall presently see; and only now
add, that the hairs of the Beard are more deeply inserted
and more durable; flatter, and hence more disposed to curl.
As the Beard makes its appearance simultaneously with
one of the most important natural changes in man's con-
stitution, it has in all ages been regarded as the ensign
of manliness. All the leading races of men, whether of
warm or cold climates, who have stamped their character
on history—Egyptians, Indians, Jews, Assyrians, Baby-
lonians, Persians, Arabs, Greeks, Komans, Celts, Turks,
Scandinavians, Sclaves—were furnished with an abundant
growth of this natural covering. Their enterprizes were
accordingly distinguished by a corresponding vigour and
daring. The fact, too, is indisputable, that their hardiest
efforts were cotemporaneous with the existence of their
* Vide Hassell's Microscopic Anatomy. Haller says " Witliof
calculated that the hair of the Beard grows at the rate of 1| line
in the week, which is 6£ inches in the year, and hy the time a man
reaches eighty, 27 feet will have fallen under the edge of the razor."
