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LECTURE VII. 



lower portion of tlie face muzzle-shaped ; the teeth obliquely 

 set, frequently more oblique than should be^ owing to the large 

 size of the tongue. 



Fig. 68. Negro skull, side view. 



Fig. 69. Idiot skull, side view. 



As regards the head particularly, it is disproportionately 

 small in comparison with the body, the diminution chiefly 

 affecting the cranium proper. Viewed in profile, the face oc- 

 cupies as large a space as the cranium. The large osseous 

 pad above the root of the nose, the projecting jaws, the facial 



