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tlons again are separated from those that 

 influence the lower animal propensities of 

 eating, drinking, fighting, etc., etc. Nor do 

 they stop here, but, procaeding still further, 

 they assert that the size of these different 

 parts of the brain is indicative of the power 



fundamental principles on which phrenology 

 is based, I cannot conceal from myself the 

 serious difficulties which are opposed to its 

 general reception. One of the most curious 

 of these I propose to bring before the readers 

 of Receeative Science in this paper. 



Fig. 1. — Skull of a Hen, showing spherical tuberosity. 



of the faculties which are exercised by them ; 

 and, therefore, that we may judge of the 

 mental character of an individual from a con- 

 sideration of the shape of his head. If these 

 statements are true of human beings, they 



Among our ordinary domesticated poid- 

 try, all of which are usually regarded as 

 being merely varieties of the Gallus domes- 

 ticus, there exists a breed in which the shape 

 of the brain and the whole structure of the 



Fig. 2. — Longitudinal Vertical Section of the Skull of a Cock, showing the shape of the cavity 



containing the brain. 



must be also true of the lower animals ; and 

 phrenologists speak confidently of the great 

 development of the combative organs of the 

 bulldog, and so on of other animals. 



•Without attempting to deny the great 



cranium are of the most extraordinary cha- 

 racter. The front part of the skull is ex- 

 panded into a very large protuberance, 

 which is partly formed of bone and partly 

 of membrane. By far the larger portion 



