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PHYSIOGNOMY AND CRANIOLOGY.

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upper part of the occiput. 3d. The organ of friendshipand fidelity, between the ear and hack of the head. 4th.The organ of fighting, a little above and below the ear.5th. The organ of slaughter lies a little before and abovethe preceding organ of fighting. 6th. That of address, orcunning, is before and above the latter, and is seated inthe spheroid angle of the parietal bone. 7th. That of cu-pidity, is the organ of address continued almost to the eyes.8th. Of good-nature, in the centre of the upper part ofthe forehead. 9th. Of mimicry, or imitation, at the sideof the organ of good-nature. 10th. Of vain-glory or va-nity, at the back of the parietal bone. 11th. Of constancy,or firmness, in the middle of the top of the skull, wherethe frontal angles of the parietal bones meet.

IT.The second class of organs comprehend those bywhich we are enabled to acquire a more familiar acquaint-ance with objects, known to us by means of the externalsenses. 12th. Organ of aptness to learn and retain things,over the root of the nose, between the two eye-brows, andabove the glabella. 13th. Of aptness to learn and retainplaces, fills that half of the eye-brow which is towards thenose. 14th. Of aptness to recollect persons, (doubtful,)at the upper part of the inner side of the orbit. 15th. Ofthe sense of colour, lies in the superciliary arch, on theoutside of the organ of taste. 16th. Of aptness to learnand retain music, above and behind the exterior angle ofthe eye, where it adjoins the organ of cupidity. 17th. Ofaptness to learn and retain numbers, is placed on the out-side of the organ of music, at the extreme end of the archof the eyebrow, and the exterior upper angle of the orbit ofthe eye. 18th. Of aptness to learn and retain words, at theupper and back part of the orbit, producing what is com-monly called a gogle-eye. 19th. Of aptness to learn andretain languages, on the upper and anterior part of theorbit, so as to depress the eye, and make it appear ratherhanging than prominent. 20th. Of mechanic arts, behindthe organ of number, and below the point where the organof music and cupidity meet. 21st. Of prudence and cir-cumspection, about the middle or side of the head, ornearly in the centre of the parietal bone. 22d. Of loftiness,at the back of the top of the head, i. e. at the posterior partof the sag'ttal future.

HI.The third and last class of organs, are those whichconstitute the peculiar prerogatives and glory of the humanrace, and which more eminently raise man above the brutecreation. They all lie on the crown of the head, or on the