310 OF THE DIFFERENCES 



ensiformis shorter ; the two superior ribs flatter. Camper re- 

 marks, that if the male and female forms are traced within two 

 ellipses of equal dimensions, the male shoulders will stand with- 

 out and the pelvis within, while the female shoulders will remain 

 within and the pelvis without.* The face and brain are abso- 

 lutely smaller than in men, the face likewise proportionally so ; 

 yet such is the relative size of the cranium, that while in the 

 male, the head, including the teeth, is as 1 to 8 or 10, in the 

 female it is as 1 to 6, of the weight of the rest of the sceleton. 



(D) Hen birds have a far less beautiful and copious plumage 

 than cocks. 



An instance is related by M. Roux of a woman forty 

 years of age, who had one child and whose breasts were well 

 developed, having a strong and long beard : the lobes of her 

 ears were also covered with hair.f 



(E) Inferior to man in reasoning powers and corporeal 

 strength, woman possesses more sensibility of both body and 

 mind, more tenderness, affection, and compassion, more of all 

 that is endearing and capable of soothing human woes, but less 

 firmness of character, except indeed where affection subsists j 

 although Varium et mutablle semper fcemina, is a true character, 

 yet nothing is too irksome, too painful, or too perilous, for a 

 mother, a wife, or a mistress, to endure or attempt for the object 

 of her love. 



" A thousand acts in every age will prove 

 Women are valiant in a cause they love. 

 If fate the favoured swain in danger place, 

 They heed not danger, perils they embrace, 

 They dare the world's contempt they brave their name's disgrace. 

 They on the ocean meet its wild alarms, 

 They search the dungeon with extended arms, 

 The utmost trial of their faith they prove, 

 And yield the lover to assert their love." 



Crabbe, Tales of the Hull. xxi. 



* Mlmoire sur le beau Physique. 



t Anatomic descriptive, par Xav. Bichat. T. v. 



