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THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. 



project and overhang the eyes, the bridge of the nose and 

 the nostrils become more fully formed, the space from the 

 nose to the chin is greater, the teeth cause the lips to be 

 pushed more forward, the lower jaw is larger, and the 

 cheek-bones show more plainly. In old age the whole upper 



PIG. 82. HEAD OF AN OLD MAN. 



part of the face becomes more marked, the nose and eye- 

 brows still more prominent, the cheeks hollow from absorp- 

 tion of the fat, the space from the nose to the chin (as in 

 infancy) shortens from loss of teeth, but the chin, being 

 more fully formed, projects as the jaAv rises to fill the space 

 occupied by the teeth. The angles of the jaw are also very 

 sharp and square, the eyes sunk in the head, and the whole 

 skin of the face loosened and wrinkled from loss of sub- 

 stance beneath. "With respect to sex, in the Male the 

 facial bones are more fully formed, the shoulders broader 

 and higher, the collar-bones longer and more curved, the 

 chest wider, the hips narrower, and the legs longer, and 

 every bone has its processes or markings more fully deve- 

 loped, and is more contorted from the action of the muscles, 

 which are larger and more powerful than in the Female. 

 In the Female (fig. 83) there is a greater deposition of fat, 



