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he appears to me to have a stronger upper 

 jawj and a larger projection of bone below 

 the orbit of the eye. 



Hal. — He has ; and you will find a similar 

 character in the pike and perch, and, I be- 

 lieve, in most fishes of prey ; and the use of it 

 seems to be, to strengthen the fulcrum of the 

 lever on which the lower jaw moves, so as to 

 afford the means of greater strength to the 

 whole muscular apparatus, by means of which 

 the fish seizes his prey. 



PoiET. — These fishes, then, are analogous 

 to the predatory animals of the feline genus, 

 which have this part of the head exceedingly 

 strong; and it is here that the craniologists or 

 phrenologists fix the organ of courage : does 

 not this extensive chain of analogies offer an 

 argument in favour of this long agitated and 

 generally unpopular doctrine ? 



Phys. — In my opinion, it offers, like most 

 of the facts which have been brought forward 

 to prove the truths of the view of Gall and 

 Spurzheim, an argument rather unfavourable, 

 when thoroughly and minutely examined. 

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