370 Morton's Crania Americana. 



The measurements of the anterior and posterior ch?rabers, as 

 we have already mentioned, (p. 359,) are not in accordance with 

 any phrenological rule. The anterior embraces the whole intel- 

 lect, a portion of the moral sentiments, and a portion of the ani- 

 mal propensities ; while the posterior chamber includes the re- 

 mainder of the animal propensities and the remainder of the 

 moral organs. The measurement of the internal capacity, is free 

 from all objection ; and that of the coronal region approaches to 

 correctness ; but the first gives merely the aggregate size of all 

 the organs, animal, moral, and intellectual; and the second that 

 of the moral organs, with a portion of the intellectual organs, and 

 also a portion of the organs common to man with the lower ani- 

 mals. The phrenological measurements given by Mr. Phillips 

 may probably afford more correct means of comparing one portion 

 of the brain with another, in the different nations, but our limits 

 prevent us from analyzing them. Unfortunately also the letter- 

 press titles to his columns are printed up-side down, which ren- 

 ders it exceedingly laborious to consult them. We, therefore, only 

 remark that the application of lines delineated by Mr. Combe on 

 the skull Figure 1, to those specimens, brings out the relation 

 between the mental character and cranial development pretty 

 forcibly to the eye. Estimating from A to B and D, the ancient 

 Peruvian is seen not to be so defective in the intellectual region 

 as a cursory glance would indicate ; while the modern Peruvian 

 is obviously larger in that region. The space above D C, devoted 

 to the moral organs, is large in the mordern Peruvian in propor- 

 tion to the portion below C D, and behind the ear. This race was 

 intelligent, and comparatively mild, but superstitious and feeble. 

 It has been subdued by the Europeans, and lives under their 

 dominion. The Hurons, always averse to civilization, have been 

 nearly exterminated. The preponderance of the region below 

 C D, (that of the animal propensities,) in them is conspicuous, com- 

 bined with relative deficiency in the moral and intellectual re- 

 gions. The Araucanians have maintained their independence in 

 the open field, but resisted civilization. The large development 

 of the space ABC, devoted to intellect, and also that below C D 

 and behind the ear, devoted to the propensities, is obvious, while 

 the space above C D, or the region of the moral organs, is propor- 

 tionally deficient. This indicates great animal and intellectual 

 power, with imperfectly evolved moral feelings. To the latter 



