POSITON OF THE FACli. 

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the first. In all children the angle is much larger than 

 in adults, for at their time of life, the cerebrurif is more 

 fully developed. 



Emily. How do the lower animals appear when tri- 

 ed by this test ? 



Dr. B. In the larger monkies, it varies in differ- 

 ent species from 70to 80, 

 as represented in this figure. 

 In the sheep and hog, we 

 find it not more than 35 Q . 

 In the birds, the angle suf- 

 fers a very considerable di- 

 minution not exceeding gen- 

 erally 7 or 8 Q . In the rep- 

 tiles, it is still less, and in the 

 fishes it is almost nothing. 

 It may be remarked generally, that in the European 

 the face is placed nearly perpendicularly under the 

 front of the cranium ; in the Negro, and some other 

 varieties of the race, we see it beginning to be placed 

 more in front, projecting forward ; and in the lower ani- 

 mals, forming a great part of the head. As we descend 

 ^he animal scale, this increasing size of the face, inclu- 

 Hng also that of the jaws, indicates very strongly the in- 



