230 call's craniognomic system. 



This organ is very neceflary to education and initrucllon, 

 which abfolutely require the recollection of pafteircumftances ; 

 in age it is fubjedt to the fame change as the preceding. 



Among animals, the elephant is particularly diftinguifhed 

 by the developement of this organ ; this animal alio retains 

 with the greateft accuracy thofe circumftances and ads which 

 have a reference to ilfelf. 



" Among men, we have found this organ, not only in 

 thofe whofe memory of facls and objects was powerful, but 

 alfo in thofe which might be denominated fyflematic heads, 

 from arranging facls in order, and hence forming concluiions ; 

 in thofe who poffefs a happy conception, and are diftinguifhed 

 by a defire of univerfal knowledge ; it even appears to us, 

 that the operation of combining fa6ts with a view to obtain a 

 refult, is one of the principal actions of this organ ; at leaft 

 the elephant, who keeps his trunk rilled with water, for the 

 purpofe of throwing it over the man who had offended him 

 the night before, arranges a number of facls, and draws from 

 them a refult which is a true logical conclufion; and we are 

 not acquainted with any other organ in the elephant to which 

 this aclion can be referred. 



" The automatic movement of the man who perceives that 

 he has reafoned wrong feems to give effect to thefe conjec- 

 tures. He flrikes himfelf on the middle of the forehead." 



18. Organ of Painting, Senfe of Colours. 



x8. Painting or The organ of the fenfe of colours, or of painting, occupies 

 the fore part of the osfrontis, above the orbit ; Gall has ob- 

 ferved this organ in all painters of eminent talent. 



'* Having been acquainted with this difcovery but a fhort 

 time, we have not been able to collecl: many obfervations on 

 it ; we have neverthelefs remarked it in fome individuals, and 

 it is very apparent in the head of Raphael, in the National 

 Mufeum, No. 57." 



19. Organ of the Senfe of Numbers. 



19. Scnfe of The organ which correfponds to the lower and exterior 



mumbers. p art Q f ^ e os f ron ii Sy ne ar the zygomatic apophyfis of that 



bone, poffeffes the function of the fenfe of numbers ; it exifts 



in men whofe memory is good with refpect to numbers, and 



in arithmeticians .who combine calculations with facility ; it 



exifls 



