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chanically as the works of an automaton. Persons of this kind have 

 small brains, and their temperament is sluggish (lymphatic) ; hence 

 their senseless faces and want of expression. 



On the whole, therefore, I do not deny that Physiognomy may be 

 used as an auxiliary to Phrenology — as an " index" to mark when 

 there has been a highly excited state of various feelings ; but to 

 read and comprehend them would require the philosophy of Gall, 

 which furnishes the only true key to human nature. 



It is generally asserted by the opponents of Phrenology, that 

 when its professors point out any particular trait of character, they 

 judge by the form of the features, rather than by the head : and 

 they affect to laugh at our " conceits,"- as they are pleased to term 

 them, when we say that we should not derive any definite notions 

 of the modification of talent, &c., if the head was concealed, but 

 that we can do so if the face is covered. And when we offer in 

 opposition to their mere assertions, to abide by our statements, and 

 prove our knowledge of characters by a practical experiment on 

 strangers, they are so disingenuous as to call it " good guessing." 

 Yet facts demonstrate that a phrenologist who is well acquainted 

 with the elements of the science, will not fail in estimating the 

 natural tendencies of even commonplace persons, whilst the phy- 

 siognomist can scarcely determine on any thing more than extremes 

 in character, — circumstances that at once decide which of the two 

 sciences will be most important in a psychological point of view, and 

 in promoting the happiness and welfare of mankind. 



Doncaster, March 18, 1837. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



To THE Editors op "The Analyst.'' 



Gentlemen, 



I FEEL happy in having obtained the permission of two ladies to 

 enclose for the pages of the Analyst lists of the rarer indigenous 

 plants collected by themselves in their respective vicinities. The 

 first catalogue, which has reference principally to the neighbour- 



