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 yet not practising it, from the goodness of his naturo and a love of virtue.

Fleshy Nails. A calm person and idler, loving to sleep, eat, and drink ; not delighting in bustle and & busy life.

Littlo Nails. Little round nails discover a person to bo obstinate, seldom pleasod, inclining to hate overy one, as conceiving himself superior to others, though without any foundation for such conception

Pale or Lead-coloured Nails. A melancholy person, ono who through choice leads a sedentary life, and would willingly give up all things for the sako of study.

Red and Spotted Nails. Choleric and martial, delighting in cruelty and war; his chief pleasure being in plundering of towns, where every ferocious particle in human nature is glutted to satiety.

When upon the nails you find any black spots they always signify evil, as white ones are a token of good.

White Nails. When the nails are white and long, tho person is subject to great sickness; he is well-made and comely, but much inclined to women, who deceive him through false pretences, and shortly bring him to ruin.

If upon the white there appear pale load-coloured spots, a short life and addicted to melancholy.