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It appears in all carnivorous animals which live on prey. 

 Dr. Gall found it in the crania of fcveral aflaflins who had 

 been executed. 



10. Unlnoivn Organs. 



Two organs which correfpond to the temporal bone are as 

 yet unknown in regard to their funftions. 



i I . Organ of Cuiinlng. 



The organ of cunning occupies the anterior and inferior 

 part of the parietals: it appears in all animals diftinguifticd 

 by that faculty ; fuch as the fox, polecat, domeftic cat, the 

 diver*, and is in intimate connexion with the organ of theft, 

 which conUitutcs a prolongation of it towards the orbit, and 

 which is found in the cat, feme doas, aud the magpie. 



It is, perhaps, to the development of this organ that we 

 ought to afcribe the great w^idth in the heads of the Cal- 

 moucs, among whom a propenfity to thieving is a national 

 chara6terillic. 



13. Organ of CircumfpeSiion. 



The organ of circumfpetSlion is found in the middle of the 

 parietals, above the organ of cunning and that of the inftin6t 

 of afl'aflination. 



The cxceflive development of it produces irrcfolution ; 

 ■want of it, ftupidity : it is very ftriking in the chamois goat, 

 and roe-buck, the circumfpedion of which is lingular, and 

 which never travel on an unknown road without great pre- 

 caution. 



It is found alfo in animals which do not quit their habita- 

 tions but in the night-time, fuch as the owlj otter, Sec. 

 [To be continued.] 



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XV. Proceedings of Learned Societia. 



ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, BERLIN. 



HIS Academy has propofed the following as fubjefits foi 



Prize Qji^ions : 



I. The Mathematical Clafs offers a triple prize for the beft 

 dilTertation on the obliquity of the ecliptic. 



Papers on this fubjcft will be received till the ift of May 

 i8o6. 



• One obfervation difficult to be arranged is, that Dr. Gall always 

 found tliis organ dcvtlopcd in poets : he gives no explanation, but his ob- 

 fervation is corrcft. 



II. The 



