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THE

FORTUNE-TELLER.



SECRET INDICATIONS.

Judgments to be drawn from the Hair, according to the substance and colour.


THE hair is one of the most beautiful natural ornaments that adorn the head of man or woman. The Apostle Paul permits women to wear long hair as an advancement to their beauty, and to be pleasing in the eyes of their husbands.

1. Hair that is soft and thick denotes a man of much mildness.

2. When the hair hangs down and is soft, it denotes the body to decline to dryness.

3. Much hair denotes a hot person, and that he is soon angry

4. Abundance of hair in young children shews that they increase in melancholy.

5. Curled hair and black, denotes heat; the people of the South have it most part alike.

6. Hair standing up an end, like the prickles of a hedge-hog, signifes a fearful person, and of ill courage.

Colour of the Hair.

. White hair signifies great frigidity or cold, as may be seen in old men: but many people after much sickness, or trouble of mind, will on a