174 THE WONDERFUL CENTURY. 



Archbishop was much struck by the character-sketch 

 sent, but wishing for a more complete test, requested 

 Combe to send the cast to some other phrenologist, with- 

 out any indication of the person it represented, and let 

 him know the result. Combe did so, and the resulting 

 report was shown to two of the Archbishop's most inti- 

 mate friends, who expressed their wonder at the accuracy 

 with which the character had been unfolded, declaring 

 that, except in a few minor details, they could find noth- 

 ing to correct. The same cast was then sent to a third 

 phrenologist, and the Archbishop gave the following 

 personal details in reference to the two last: "What I 

 was most struck with was, in the one, my difficulty of 

 withstanding solicitations ; in the other, my delight in an 

 infant-school. The former, though well known to my- 

 self, was, I believe, never detected in my conduct." 



I will now briefly state my own experiences of phreno- 

 logical delineation, the accuracy of which confirmed me 

 in the belief that the science is a true and important one, 

 which I had already reached by a study of the works of 

 George and Andrew Combe. When I was about three 

 or four and twenty, living at ISIeath, Glamorganshire, I 

 had my head examined by two phrenological lecturers 

 who visited the town at different times. As the fee for 

 a full delineation was rather high I only received a 

 sketch, and many details were therefore omitted. But 

 all that was stated was correct, and much of it remark- 

 ably so, as shown by the following extracts : 



1. " You will pay great attention to facts, but so soon 

 as facts are presented you will begin to reason and theo- 

 rize upon them. You will be constantly searching for 

 causes." 2. " You will be a good calculator, will excel 



