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ers of retracing their way, when removed from their habitations. 

 The instinctive tenddncy of several species of them to migrate at 

 certain seasons, is inferred to be connected with the periodical 

 excitement of this organ. 



25. Order. Order supposes a plurality of objects; but one 

 may have ideas about a number of things and other qualities, with^ 

 out considering them in any order whatever. There are individ- 

 uals who are martyrs to the love of order, who are distressed be-' 

 yond measure, by the sight of confusion, and highly satisfied when 

 everything is well arianged. These persons have the organ in 

 question large. The faculty of which we speak, gives method^ 

 and order in arranging objects, as they are physically related; but 

 philosophical or logical in ferences, the conception of systematizing 

 or generalizing, and the idea of classifications, are formed by the 

 reflecting faculties. Spurzheim relates, that the Sauvage de 

 I'Aveyron at Paris, though an idiot in a very high degree, cannot 

 bear to see a chair or any other object out of its place; and as 

 soon as anything is deranged, he, without being excited to it, di- 

 rectly replaces it. He saw also in Edinburgh, a girl, who, in 

 many respects was idiotic, but in whom the love of order was very 

 active. She would avoid her brother's apartment, in consequence 

 of the confusion which prevailed in it. 



26. Time. The power of conceiving time, and of remember- 

 ing circumstances connected by no link, but the relation in which 

 they stand to each other in chronology, and also tbe power of ob- 

 serving time in performing music, is very different in different in- 

 dividuals. The special faculty seems to be the power of judging 

 time, and of intervals in general. By giving the perception of 

 measured cadence, it appears to be the chief source of pleasm-e 

 in dancing. It is essential to music and versification. 



27. JVumber. Some individuals, remarkable for their great 

 talent of calculating, excited the attention of Dr. Gall. He found 

 those, even in children, who excelled in this faculty. He mentions 

 a boy of thirteen years old, who learned with facility a very long 

 series of numbers, performed the most complicated arithmetical cal- 

 culations from memory, and very soon found their true result. Simi- 

 lar talents were manifested in Zerah Colburn and several others, 

 whom we might enumerate. In such individuals, the arch of the 

 eyebrow is either much pressed downward, or there is an eleva- 

 tion at the external angle of the orbit. It is still doubted w^heth- 

 er the lower animals possess this organ and faculty or not. 



28. Tune. This organ bears the same relation to the ears, as 

 the organ of color does to the eyes. Tiie faculty gives the per- 

 ception of melody; but this is only necessary in a genius for mu- 



