THE CALL OF THE HEN. 



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ball of thumb of left hand down on head until you feel back 

 of skull ; when you feel back of skull with ball of thumb, then 

 turn first joint of thumb down until thumb-nail fits in between 

 end of skull and neck and well up against base of brain; then, 

 while holding left hand and thumb as in Fig. 39, put fore- 

 finger of right hand at base of brain behind the ear, as in 

 Fig. 39, between the neck and the skull and against the skull 

 behind the ear, as in Fig. 39. The ear can readily.be dis- 

 covered by lifting up its hairy covering. The thumb-nail 

 must be held 'perfectly straight across the neck, as in Fig. 39, 

 and not sideways; and the forefinger must be held perfectly 

 at right angles with the thumb, or the length of projection 



FIG. 40 Thumb even with forefinger; indicating she has pre- 

 potency small. (See Skull No. 3, Fig. 35.) 



