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that race ; and after mentiniiing his desire of appropriating 

 a sinsle lecture to the dtftnce of ihtir progressive powers, 

 observed, that the fxhibltion of the physiognomical scale, 

 he tlien produced, decided agaiii&l the opposite theorists in 

 a strikincr decree, — for the Peruvian was now below the Ne- 

 irro ill the physiognoniica! indication of nicntal powers; and 

 Tt was a noto'rioiis fnct, that the Peruvians were rapidly ad- 

 vancinc up the great huider of civilization, from the lowest 

 detxree^of the scale in which savage existence mingles with 

 that of brutes at the period of Pizarro's invasion*. The 

 line of the forehead, th<rrefore, dxl not prevent improve- 

 ment, but accompany degradation. 



In his second Lecture Mr. C. proceeded, from an analy- 

 sis of inteikct in the abstracl. to an analysis of intellect m 

 the detail ; observing, that if the intellect have various di- 

 stinct metaphysical powers, such as memory, perception, 

 imagination, and judgement, the organs of the brain, which 

 are die media of iheTr action, uni>l correspond with them, 

 not only in their distinct existence, but in their distinct 

 position : otherwise, the connexion between brain and 

 jnttUect would not be positive, but partial. He then pro- 

 ceeded to a learned metaphysical analysis of Perception, 

 stating it to be a faculty peculiar to childhood ; and con- 

 cluding, that it was necessary to express some proof of its 

 existence on the forehead of' the child. After stating the 

 striking difference between the projecting curve of the. 

 child's forehead and the retiring line of the adult, he ob- 

 served, that the convex of the iormer was repressed by a 

 horizontal sinus or indenture, as the faculties developed 

 themselves, and that the consequence of this indenture 

 was the formation of an arch above the brows, which in- 

 creases as the lower arch recedes. From hence he concluded, 

 that the upper or retiring portion of the forehead was the 

 province of perception, and the lower or advancing portion 

 the territory of the reflecting energies maturing or con- 

 firmed. He next remarked, as collateral testimony, the 

 projecting rotundity of forehead evident in the faces of 

 idiots, which Lavater' has already observed. This proved 

 them the creatures of mere sensation ; and immaturity of 

 intellect always accognpanied the external sign. — He then 

 adverted to a more pleasing collateral testimonv. It had 

 been allowed, he said, by most philosophers, that Wvimen 

 were superior to men in the perceptive faculties, though 



• We believe that the practice of the Peruvians with their infants, of 

 pl:icing tlie head between boards, firmly confined, to mould them a^Tce- 

 ably to their ideas of b auty, materially influences the line of direction. 



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