OUR HAIRS NUMBERED
Somebody has been at the trouble of calculating the average number of hairs which growon an average person'shead. It i 3 found that the number varies according ito the color of the hair. Light or blonde hair is the most luxuriant, the average of 'this color being 140,000. When the hair Lis brown the usual nun her is much less :being only 110,000, while black hairs ■reach only the average amount of 103,000. •It might naturally be, supposed that a light-haired person, having the most hair iwould have the greatest weight to carry, but it is not so. That which is lightest in color is also lightest in weight; and a lady with abundant flaxen locks ia as light headed; as one whose tresses are of a raven hue. Hence it follows that the former is of a finer texture.
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Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1609, 10 April 1875, Page 6 (Supplement)
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143OUR HAIRS NUMBERED Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1609, 10 April 1875, Page 6 (Supplement)
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