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III. HISTORICAL SURVEY.
Egyptians.
AVING seen that the Beard is a natural feature of
the male face, and that the Creator intended it for
distinction, protection, and ornament, let us turn lightly
over the pages of history and examine the estimation in
which it has heen held at various times among the leading
people, ancient and modern.
The first nation which suggests itself is the Egyptian,
and very peculiar forms of Beard were assigned hy them
on their monuments to their gods, kings, and common
people. That of the gods is curled and the length of the
oval of the face : that of the kings is shaped like an Egyp-
tian doorway, and three fourths of the same standard: of
which the people's is one fourth and nearly square. This
appendage seems from the appearance of an attacking
band to have been frequently artificial, and probably the
Egyptians, who, as you may see by the wig in the British
Museum, wore false hair, also wore false Beards. Some
