194 On the Pyramids of Egypt. 



the cause of our belief of external bodies. This organ also excites 

 the activity of the five senses, and thereby is acti^•e, by means of 

 them, in producing the sensation of l)odies, which it furthermore 

 causes us to regard as external, individual, and existent, inde- 

 pendent of our sensation?; of them. I have long conceived, as I 

 formerly mentioned, that there must exist some special faculty in 

 the mind for this perception of individuality; but it was Dr. 

 Spurzheim who jjointed out the seat of its organ. I recom- 

 mend the study, therefore, of the structure and organic arrange- 

 ment of the brain puljlishcd by him and Gall, to all those who 

 wish to see the material engines of the various functions of the 

 mind. They will be really surprised, if they follow up^ this 

 course of anatomical and physiological studies attentively, at the 

 great progress which has in so sliort a time been made in a 

 science which has for ages been regarded as the most difficult 

 and at the same time the most interesting in the world. The 

 phrenology of Gall and Spurzheim has verified what Richerand 

 hinted at as the ne plus ultra of physiology, wb.cn he anticipated 

 a mode to solve the problem of the principles of the actions of 

 animated beings ; and, given the physical structure of any per- 

 son, to find his moral and intellectual qualities. 



The proofs that the aforesaid faculty of individuality resides in 

 the particular organ ascribed to it, are founded on a series of 

 facts too numerous to be detailed here. I have fortiuiately had 

 many cases both of the great as well as of the defective develop- 

 ment of that organ, to confirm and put beyond all doubt in my 

 mind the truth of the physiology he has imputed to it. And I 

 mention this apparent coincidence of opinion, to excite others to 

 examine; as these very abstruse considerations, such as are con- 

 tained in Mr. Fearne's work, are very liable to be misunder- 

 stood, and it becomes desirable to call forth and collect the dif- 

 ferent views of the philosophy of mind which they excite in peo- 

 ple of different organizations. 



Yours, &c. 

 Cambridge, March 11, 1815. ThoMAS FoRSTER. 



XXXVI. On the Pyramids of E^ypt. Extracted from Dr. 

 Edward Daniel Clarke's Travels, Vol. III.* 



PYRAMIDS OF DJIZA. 



As we drew near the base of the principal pyramid, the effect 

 of its prodigious magnitude, and the amusement caused in view- 



* Dr. Clarke's arcouiit of the pyraniids is by far the most philosophical 

 and satisfactory of any that have been offered to the world on these in- 

 teresting monuments of antiquity. Our readers, we are confident, will be 

 liij^hly j^raiified to find it in our pages. 



