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Section 9. Comic powers. Those faculties 

 which are adapted to the perception and perform- 

 ance of mimicries, and to comic and witty sayings. 



Location. The upper corners of the forehead, 

 and extending down the outer limits of it half way 

 to the eyes.* 



REMARKS. 



In estimating the nine sections of the head, gen 

 eral dimensions should be considered in most cas- 

 es ; and no head can be a fit subject for examina- 

 tion which has been enlarged or distorted by dis- 

 ease. Sections 1, 3, 4, 6 and 8, should be esti- 

 mated by considering the dimensions of the brain 

 from the passage into the ear. Section 2, should 

 be estimated by the diameter of the head immedi- 

 ately above the ears. Sections 5 ? 7 and 9, should 

 be estimated by comparing their prominent or 

 compressed state with the adjoining sections. 



It is supposed that a well proportioned head 

 indicates intellectual strength, but want of mental 

 activity. And that a head whose sections are 

 greatly disproportioned to each other, indicates 

 great activity in the prominent locations. These 

 two rules are said to be founded on many obser- 



*Gall and Spurzhcirn have weakened their system by descending 

 to 33 minute subdivisions. Section 1, is divided into amativeness, phi 

 loprogenitiveness, inhabitiveness and adhesiveness. Sec. 2, combat- 

 iveness, destructiveness, corustructiveness, covetiveness and secretive- 

 ness. Sec. 3, cautiousness, conscienciousness, firmness, love of appro- 

 bation, self-esteem. Sec. 4, benevolence, veneration, hope, ideality 

 Sec. 5, individuality, locality. Sec. 6, form, size, weight, momenta 

 Sec. 7, colouring, order, time, number, tune, language. Sec. 8, com 

 parison, causality. Sec. 9, wit, imitation. 



Those who wish to study the faculties, as here enumerated, are re- 

 ferred to Dr. Bell's edition of Combe's elements of Phrenology. Dr. 

 Caldwell, of Transylvania University, has published a work on this sub- 

 ject, which is said to possess great merit ; but I have not been able to 

 obtain a copy of it. 



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