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man in particular was noted as being " very dangerous 

 from his energy, ferocity, and talent for plots and pro- 

 found dissimulation." The voyage occupied four 

 months, and the surgeon kept a careful official journal 

 as regards the convicts, the main facts of which are sum- 

 marized in the following letter to his friend, dated Syd- 

 ney, October 9, 1826: 



" I have to thank you for your introduction to De 

 Ville and to phrenology, which I am now convinced has 

 a foundation in truth, and beg you will be kind enough 

 to call on Dr. Burnett, whom I have requested to show 

 you my Journal, at the end of which is Mr. De Yille's 

 report, and my report of conduct during the voyage. . . 

 De Ville is right in every case except one Thomas 

 Jones; but this man can neither read nor write, and, 

 being a sailor, he was induced to join the conspiracy to 

 rise and seize the ship and carry her to South America, 

 being informed by Hughes, the ringleader, that he 

 would then get his liberty. Observe how De Ville has 

 hit the real character of Hughes, and I will be grateful 

 to De Ville all my life ; for his report enabled me to shut 

 up in close custody the malcontents and arrive here not 

 a head minus, which, without the report, it is more than 

 probable I should have been. All the authorities here 

 have become phrenologists, and I cannot get my journals 

 out of their office until they have perused and reperused 

 De Ville's report." * 



One more case only can here be given. Combe re- 

 viewed a volume by Archbishop Whately, which led to 

 some correspondence, and the Archbishop sent Combe a 

 cast of his head, asking for his unbiassed opinion. The 



1 See Phrenological Journal, vol. iv. p. 467. 



