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the face impresses an animal character upon the physiognomy, 

 a circumstance which has long since been taken into considera- 

 tion in craniology. 



Pig. 13. The skull of a Negro in profile as a type of prognathism. 



On looking at a characteristic Hottentot or Negro skull in 

 profile, the face projects like a muzzle, and the incisors are 

 obliquely inserted, so that their edges meet as at projecting 

 angles. On viewing a German skull, on the contrary, we see 

 that the incisors meet perpendicularly ; and that on closing the 



Fig. 14. The skull of a Tatar in profile, after Von Baer. Orthognathous, 

 and at the same time a mesaticephalic head of round shape. 



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