Excerpt from The Classification of Mankind, by the Hair and Wool of Their Heads, With an Answer to Dr. Prichard's Assertion, That "the Covering of the Head of the Negro Is Hair, Properly So Termed, and Not Wool": Read Before the American Ethnological Society, November 3, 1849N o. L is a representation of the shape of a hair of the head of a full-blood Choctaw Indian of 60 years of age, specimen presented by Dr. N ott, of Mobile. The original is black, straight, lank, and has a diameter of ii? Of an inch.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.