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HAL. He has ; arid you will find a similar 

 character in the pike and perch, and, I believe, in 

 most fishes of prey ; and the use of it seems to be, to 

 strengthen the fulcrum of the lever on which the 

 lower jaw moves, so as to afford the means of greater 

 strength to the whole muscular apparatus, by means 

 of which the fish seizes his prey. 



POIET. These fishes, then, are analogous to the 

 predatory animals of the feline genus, which have this 

 part of the head exceedingly strong ; and it is here 

 that the craniologists or phrenologists fix the organ of 

 courage : does not this extensive chain of analogies 

 offer an argument in favour of this long-agitated and 

 generally unpopular doctrine? 



PHYS. In my opinion, it offers, like most of the 

 facts which have been brought forward to prove the 

 truths of the view of Gall and Spurzheim, an 

 argument rather unfavourable, when thoroughly and 

 minutely examined. 



POIET. How ? 



PHYS. In these rapacious and predatory animals, 

 the organisation of the head must be connected with 

 the functions of the jaws, as the construction of the 

 shoulder-blade must be related to the use of the fore 

 leg, which, being intended to strike and seize by 

 talons, must have a powerful support and a strong 

 bony apparatus in the shoulder, which might as well 



