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upon the other portion, viz. the cerebellum, which 

 lies in the lower and hinder section of the box ; the 

 consequence of which would be, that one would com- 

 press the other, if it were not for the partition between. 

 In ravenous animals, whose brain is subject to violent 

 motions from leaping, &c., the partition is said, for 

 the most part, to be nearly, or quite, of the consisten- 

 cy of bone. 



a, the cerebrum, b, the partition, or falx, separating the two 

 lobes or divisions of the brain, c, the cerebellum. 



B. What an astonishing resemblance to art ! We 

 often see boxes containing a variety of precious wares, 

 parted off in this manner, where one must not be per- 

 mitted to be crowded by the others around it. There 

 seems to be no ingenuity but what is exemplified in 

 the construction of this wonderful case. 



T. Is the head the same from infancy to old age ? 



A. The changes are exceedingly remarkable. At 

 birth, the bones are said not to be locked together at 

 all. They are separated by membranous or skinny 

 spaces between them, so that they can overlap each 



