APARTMENTS AND FURNITURE. 191 



There are several curious apartments in the 

 brain, but it is difficult for me to describe them 

 in a small work like this. The whole brain, 

 as I have already said, exactly fills up the 

 hollow brain-case ; and I might have added, 

 that the spinal marrow completely fills the hol- 

 low of the spinal column. 



One of the chambers in the interior of the 

 brain was supposed by the philosopher Descar- 

 tes to be the particular residence of the spirit- 

 ual inhabitant. Now I will not stop to say 

 what may have been the fact in the days of 

 Descartes, nor to say how it may be with all 

 other spiritual inhabitants of houses of clay, but 

 for myself I can assure the reader with cer- 

 tainty that I do not exclusively reside there. I 

 live in all parts of the brain, spinal marrow and 

 nervous system ; though I will not deny that 

 the brain is my more special residence. 



