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plained the seat of each : in the former being hereditary, in the 

 latter depending on local causes. How colour was modified by civi- 

 lization, which alone could effect it. 



In the fourth lecture, the subject of colour was continued, with 

 an examination of the opinion of Dr. Prichard as to the Ethiopia 

 character of Adam. The differences of stature and general external 

 form completed this lecture. Mr. Watts illustrated his subject 

 with many amusing anecdotes of the " monstrum horrendum" of our 

 species. But what more especially interested us was the ajjplication 

 of the remarks on colour and form. Shewing how colour and form 

 were hereditary; that deformity, like disease, was perpetuated by he- 

 reditary transmission, in spite of every change of climate, however ex- 

 treme ; proving, by a hundred facts, that the civilization, moral and 

 physical, of man, could alone change the ^'leopard's hpoUp and re- 

 model man in the beauty and ima^e of the Creator. Thence, Mr. 

 Watts naturally passed to the Ethiopic colour and deformity of the 

 mind ; still keeping to the argument extradictionary, that, as phy- 

 sical aliment modified physical form, so the '* animi pabulum'' 

 changed the moral complexion and character. 



The fifth lecture included a brief examination of the brain, its 

 relation to the size of the nerves issuing from it, the size and form 

 of the skull, with an inquiry into the facial angles of Camper and 

 Daubenton. The differences between ancient and modern heads — 

 wherein they differ — national contour and the proportions of the head 

 and face. Mr. Watts explained the advantages of the facial angle, 

 and how far the admeasurement could be relied on ; that the angle 

 of Camper was applicable only to the elevation, without determining 

 the breadth of forehead. To supply this deficiency, Mr. W. pro- 

 posed an original plan, which was to carry the line from the glenoid 

 fissure of the temporal bone across the highest prominence of the os 

 frontis to the opposite glenoid fissure, and then comparing the 

 length with a line carried from the same points over the most pro- 

 jecting prominence of the os occipitalis. The facial angle of the 

 Grecian statue was opposed to that of the Hottentot, who stilly as 

 in structure, resembled too nearly the ape, the angle being, in each, 

 nearly equal. Mr. W.'s remarks on the cranial differences were 

 highly interesting and instructive. 



Having thus far advanced, Mr. Watts concluded his sixth and 

 last lecture by an examination of the instinct of animals. And 

 finally, if the distinction between man and the ape be physieo-inteL. 

 lectual, or merely intellectual. 



The striking resemblances of form, habit, &c., between man and 

 the S. Satyrus were recalled ; and here, as we cannot do better 

 than extract a few pages from the last lecture^ Mr. Watts shall 

 speak for himself : — 



*' Beginning with the supposed original structure of the globe, and the 

 first creation of organic existence, we advanced rapidly through the succes- 

 sion of " moving life," from the infusiorial monads to the huge Ichthyosauri 

 and Megalosauri, and thence by " gradual scale" ascending to the more per- 



