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74 large and calm; the nose is not too thin and is of ordinary length; the nostrils are small; the mouth is large and merry; the teeth are large, well-set, and bright; the ears are large and the ear-lobes thick and healthy; the cheek-bones are fleshy; the moustaches are thick but orderly; the imperial consists of about ten hairs; and the whiskers are also thick and extend to the ears. (2) A beautiful woman is of medium height; her skin is very white and bright; she is not stout; her head is round, but her

face slightly oval; the borders of her hair are neither thick nor thin; and her hair is long and glossy black; her eye-brows are thin and crescent in shape, with a space of an inch and a quarter between them and the eyes, which are thin and long with the corners turning neither up nor down, and the pupils large and bright without glittering; her nose is high and of medium thickness; her nostrils are small and not dilated; and her mouth is also small