Again, the special nerves of perspiration act directly as regulators of temperature.

Poor old dad!" He leaned there against the straw, shaking and throbbing, with a cold perspiration bathing face and body.

A cold perspiration breaks from his forehead, as he feels in every pocket.

He, too, begged to see the baby for all recompensehis darling as well as mine thenceforth; and I recall to this hour the lovely face of the boy, with all his clustering, nut-brown curls damp with the clammy perspiration incident to his debility, bending above the tiny infant as it lay in sweet repose, with words of pity and tenderness, and tearful, steadfast eyes that seemed filled with almost angelic solicitude and solemn blessing.

This look had increased day by day: and soon it was observed that Roland came home at a wild gallop through the park, his pony panting and in foam, himself "as white as a sheet," but with the perspiration streaming from his forehead.