gall's craniognomic system. 231 



exlfts in a fpecies of magpie capable of counting as far as nine, 

 which is the only example known among animals. 



" We have had an opportunity of noticing this organ on 

 the head of a blind man, at the Quinze-Vingts, remarkable 

 for his arithmetical talents ; and Gall preferves the buffo of 

 many men which afford very inftru&ive examples." 



20. Organ of the Mufical Senfe. 



Above this organ is found that of mufical fenfe, or for 20. Mufic* 

 founds. 



It acts in a manner fimilar to the other organs, produc- 

 tively and reproduclively ; it gives the memory for founds ; it 

 facilitates the new combinations of mufical compofition ; it 

 induces birds to fing; it acts upon thofe who learn to fpeak, 

 and in whom language is founded only upon this remembrance 

 of founds. 



It is intirely wanting in animals which have no mufical 

 fenfe ; it is ftrongly developed in the parrot and the ftarling; 

 and thofe great musicians Gluck, Mozart, Haydn, Pleyel, 

 furnifh us with finking examples. 



2 1 . Organ of Senfe for Mechanics. 



In the lateral and inferior part of the os fronds is found the ZI , Mechanics, 

 organ of fenfe for mechanics. The beaver which forms its 

 habitation is eminently provided with it ; it exifls in the field- 

 moufe and in the birds which make their nefts with much art; 

 it is met with in men of mechanical talents, who conftruct 

 with eafe any machine, who ufe their hands with dexterity, 

 and who excel in the different arts which require manual la- 

 bour. Though it may be difficult to judge of the exigence of 

 this organ, when it is but flightly developed, f< becaufe the 

 temporo-maxillary mufcle covers this part of the cranium ; it 

 is neverthelefs very apparent if the faculty exift in a fuperior 

 degree, and it is then one of thofe organs refpecting which 

 there can be the leaft doubt. 



22. Organ of Verbal Memory. 

 In the interior of the orbit, at the bottom of the upper part, 22 . Verbal mc- 

 exifts the organ of verbal memory ; it may be noticed from its mory. 

 developement by the effect it produces on the pofition of the 

 ball of the eye, which it impels forwards, and more or lefs 

 out of the orbit. 



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