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f»anio»- nations combined with them, produce the possibility of 

 c °py* first knowing things at large, then to compare them 

 **■" ""V""""' w ith one another, the relations of space, persons, co- 

 lours, sounds, and numbers. 



3. The aptness to receive an education, situated on the 

 middle of the glabella, immediately above the nose. It 

 exists in all animals that can be tamed. 



4. The organs of locality, are situated on the super- 

 ciliary ridge of the forehead, on each side of the organ 

 of aptness to receive an education. It is observed in 

 the heads of astronomers, in whom it- is particularly 

 conspicuous, and is generally attended with a promi- 

 nent organ of numbers. It denotes an aptness of ap- 

 prehending the proportion of space, and an inclination 

 to all those arts and sciences, which chiefly depend on 

 the perception, measurement, and proportion of space. 

 Is often found in the heads of good landscape painters 

 and surveyors of land ; also in such as are said to pos- 

 sess an acute eye or good look, that is to say the skill 

 to survey a bit of ground with quickness and precision. 

 It further shews a disposition for wandering from one 

 place to another, and is particularly prominent in the 

 stork and other birds of passage. The capacity which 

 animals have of following their masters, as well as of 

 returning to their home, seems to depend on their in- 

 fluence, and not to scent alone, as many facts are known 

 which do not admit of that explanation Gall relates 

 an instance of a dog which was taken to England from 

 Vienna, which soon escaped from its new owner, went 

 alone to the port, contrived to get on board a vessel, 



/ accompanied a gentleman to Mentz, whom he there 



deserted, and took his course alone to Vienna. In men 

 this organ operates variously ; but in every instance is 

 •onnected with a disposition to observe the relations of 

 space. It generates a love for travelling ; and all per- 

 sons thus organised have a most surprising skill in find- 

 ing their way in strange places. The portraits and busts 

 of the most eminent travellers and navigators are mark- 

 td by this organ. 



5 The rer.olle lion of persons. This organ is placed 

 within the cavity of the eye, and is much wrapped in 

 •bscurity. Gall observes that it is seldom very visible, 

 because in the forehead are many more organs which 

 •ounteract its effects. 



6 The disposition for colouring. This organ forms 

 * protuberance in the middle of the eye-brow, immedi- 

 ately by the side of the organ of locality. When much 

 enlarged, it gives the eye-brow a peculiar arch. This 

 is particularly evident hi the skulls of eminent painters. 

 The skill of colouring, says Gall, does not depend on 

 the eye alone; for if that v. ere the case, all such as have 

 a good sight would be possessed of it. 



7 The organ of sffunds, appears above the exterior 

 arch of the eye-brow, and sometimes extends backwards 

 immediately over the organ of mechanical skill. It 

 likewise includes a sense ibr time and rythmus. 



8. Tlu- organ of arithmetic, is situated on the exte- 

 rior angular process oftheos frontis, immediately above 

 <jhe cavity of the eye ; bounded on the inside by the 

 organ of colours, and behind and above by the organ of 

 sound. Whenever it is found in a high degree, there 

 arises a swelling by the sides of the eyes towards the 

 temples, giving a square form to the head. It is con- 

 fined to man ; hence the skulls of other animals are not 

 80 broad in front as those of man. 



9. Ike organ of 'wards, or memory, is situated on the 

 .upper and hinder part of the cavity of the eye, and 

 proves its existence in the living subject, by forcing 

 fhe eye downward and forward. 



10. The organ of languages, «e aptness to penetrate Craa;#s- 

 quickly into the genius of a language, or of stating copy. 

 our ideas in a clear and precise manner, is situated in- ~" ' V"™"^ 

 teriorly above the eyes, and shews itself by pressing the 



eye deep under the eye-brow downwards, and often oc- 

 casions a swelling underneath the eye towards the nose. 

 It exists in animals who have the power of making 

 themselves understood to individuals of the same species 

 by language. 



11. The organ of mechanical skill occasions an arched 

 elevation on the os frontis, below the place where the 

 organs of thieving meet. 



12. The organ of friendly attachment has its residence 

 by the side of that of parental affection, and is expres- 

 sed by two protuberances on both sides, towards the 

 ear, where the parietal bones meet in the middle with 

 the occiput, close by the sutura angularis. 



13. The organ of valour is found in those most apt 

 to fight and quarrel, forming an hemispherical protu- 

 berance on the lower and hindmost angle of the parietal 

 bone, behind and above the ear. 



14. The organ ofviurdcring is situated about an inch 

 behind, and a little above the zygomatic process of the 

 temporal bone in man. It is found protuberant in all 

 carnivorous animals, but is never visible in such as 

 live on vegetables. 



15. The orgO'i of cunning is found on the lower angle 

 of the parietal bone, about the breadth of three fingers 

 above the meatus auditorius, and is confined anteriorly 

 by the organ of larceny, and above by the organ of 

 circumspection, behind and below by the organ of 

 murder. 



lf>. The organ of larceny is bounded on one side by 

 the organ of sounds, below and before by the organ of 

 mechanical skill, above by the organ of inference, be- 

 hind by the organ of cunning. It denotes a propensity 

 to utter cunning, and by means of it to deprive others 

 of their property. 



We are now come to those organs which are placed 

 in the back of the skull. 



17- The organ of height is situated between the inial 

 and coronal aspects of the head, about the middle of the 

 sutura sagittalis, behind and underneath the organs of 

 perseverance, and between the organs of ambition : its 

 is of an oblong shape, and was first observed by D* 

 Gall in a beggar, who lived upon begging, from a con- 

 viction that he was above receiving any instruction; 

 he afterwards found it in children who mount chairs 

 and tables, that they may appear as tall as others, alsp 

 in such animals as live in cliffs and mountains ; he cal- 

 led it the organ of height, to indicate at once all the in- 

 clinations dependant on it. 



18. The organ if ambition or vanity, is situated by the* 

 side of the organ of height, in the inial angles of the 

 parietal bones. It is more often distinctly expressed in 

 women than in men, and is always found in the skulls 

 of ambitious or vain persons. 



19- The organ of circumspection is placed in the mid- 

 dle of the parietal bone, and imparts an aspect to the 

 corono-inial part of the skull. These organs are found 

 in all animals that act with particular caution. It is* 

 very evident in the deer, more so in the wild goat, and 

 in rooks it is particularly prominent. In such men as 

 are entirely destitute of this organ, that part of the 

 skull where it resides is sloped back ; it then indicates 

 giddiness and thoughtlessness. 



All the organs hitherto enumerated, are common to 

 those animals known under the general title of qua- 

 drupeds. There are others, however, which are peculiar 



