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12th. A man with his arms extended, is, from his longestfinger on each hand, as broad as he is long. Vide Mr.Professor Flaxman’s idea of the square the figure forms,and of its being bounded by a circle,—in the last article.

13th. From one side of the breast to the other, two faces.

14th. The bone of the arm, called humerus, i. e. fromthe shoulder to the elbow-joint, is the length of two faces.

15th. From the end of the elbow to the joint of the littlefinger, the bone called cubitus, with a part of the hand, isalso two faces.

16th. From the box of the shoulder-blade to the pit be-tween the collar-bones, one face.

17th. To be satisfied in measures of breadth. From theextremity of one finger to the other, so that this breadthshould be equal to the length, it should be observed, thatthe bones of the elbows with the humerus, and the hume-rus with the shoulder-blade, or scapula, bear the proportionsof a face, when the arms are extended.

18tli. The sole of a foot is one sixth part of the lengthof the entire figure.

19th. The hand is the length of a face.

20th. The thumb contains a nose in length.

21st. The inside of the arm, from the place where themuscle disappears, which is connected with the breast(called the pectoral muscle), to the middle of the arm, fournoses long.

22d. From the middle of the arm, at the top, to the be-ginning of the head, five noses.

23d. The longest toe is one nose.

24th. The outermost parts of the paps, and the pit be-tween the collar-bones, of a female, form an equilateraltriangle.

Thus far Du Piles.

The knowledge of the preceding proportions are, as mererudiments, essential to the delineation of the human figure ;but they relate to a body in a quiescent state only. The moredifficult task remains, to become thoroughly acquainted withits actions. To obtain this, a rudimental and even an in-timate acquaintance with the skeleton, and assiduous andincessant practice are necessary.

Howeyer, the present Professor of Anatomy to theRoyal Academy has, in his annual lectures, furnished uswith the probable extent to which the motions of the framemay be carried.

First, premising that the motions of the bead and trunkof the body are limited by the seyeral joints of the spine.