4 EXTREMES AND MODIFICATIONS OF CHARACTER. 



EXTREMES AND MODIFICATIONS OP CHAKACTEK. 



Physiology comprehends the whole body, the depth of 

 lung, circulation of the blood, texture of the tissues, and 

 every thing down to the molecular structure of the animal. 

 Physiognomy is the outside expression of different parts 

 of the head, as shown in the eye, ear, nostrils, and general 

 measurement of the features. Every part must correspond 

 with every other part of the body, and, finally, the influence 

 of the training, to arrive at a correct conclusion ; else, by 

 being mere partialists, or looking only at isolated points, 

 there is danger of arriving at a wrong conclusion, very 

 wide of the mark. One man, for example, takes the ear 

 as his standpoint, and concludes that horses having ears 

 of the same shape have similar characters. Thus he con- 

 cludes, that if a horse with long ears has kicked, and 

 broken a wagon, you had better look out for every horse 

 with long ears, because they will do the same. Another 

 studies the eye, and judges all horses by that organ ; 

 another, the nostrils ; others, the breadth and size between 

 the ears, &c. In studying horses, it is not only necessary 

 to study the head as an index to their characters, but we 

 must examine every part of them, as every part of the 

 body bears the mark and impress of the character. 



We speak of certain temperaments. By this we mean, 



that, in every horse, certain 

 traits of character, certain 

 qualities of intelligence and 

 body, predominate. We 

 have three distinct tempera- 

 ments, Lymphatic, San- 

 guine, and Nervous. We 

 might claim several other 

 divisions ; but it would serve 

 only to confuse the mind, 

 without giving any additional 

 clearness. We do not often 

 find either of the tempera- 

 ments existing alone, but 

 usually combined to a greater 

 (No. i.) An intelligent, gentle disposi- or less degree in the same 



tion. Is quick to leani, not nervous i m? r i 



or irritable. A natural pet. animal. The most perfectly- 



