no THE ARTISTIC ANATOMY OF ANIMALS 



to us to possess inconveniences — at least, lor comparison 

 with the human head. 



Indeed, if, when the head is vertical, the same regions of the 



Fig. 56. — Human Skull : Measure of the Facial Angle by the 

 Method of Camper. Angle BAC = 8o°. 



The internal wall of the cranial cavity is marked bj' the dotted line. 



c 



Fig. 57. — Skull of the Horse : Measure of the Facial Angle by 

 THE Method of Camper.* Angle BAC = I3°. 



The internal wall of the cranial cavity is shown by the dotted line. 



face (forehead, nose) are, in the case of animals as well as man, 

 turned forward, the lower jaw ceases to merit its appellation, 

 as it is then situated, not below, but behind the upper. 



* We have indicated on this sketch of the skull of the horse the facial 

 angle measured bythe method of Camper, in order that the correspondence 

 with Fig. 56 mav be more complete. But it is certain that the procedure 

 here employed is in practice not satisfactory, since the apex of the angle, 

 as we can demonstrate, is found to be situated within the contour of 



