ESSAY III 
On Natimal Cujtoms, DreJeSy 
which changCy hurt, (jiijtorty 
Human Species, 
and Ornamenls^ 
or disfigure the 
tAVAtER s 
THE local diftin6lions pointed out muft be fa- 
miliar to an hiftorical painter ; and when we con- 
fider that the bones form a column that entwines 
the human ftrufture, our minds will be fully im- 
preffed with the importance of anatomy as conneH- 
ed with painting and phyfiology. 
Hence appears the neceffity for a ftudent to be 
converfant with the whole chirurgical fyftem, as it 
refpe6ts the prevailing proportions in all parts of 
the globe. 
Partial fymmetry alone does not form beauty, for 
perfection confifts of feveral juft, united proportions. 
For inftance, when the mufcles are ill matched, 
they cannot contribute to graceful motion. Some- 
thing inexpreftible is then mifted, from a want of 
concert in moving the body j and this defeCt is per- 
ceived when the conftitution becomes impaired by 
ftoth, negleCt, or bad habits. 
In regard to drefs, pomp, and ornaments, fathion 
has frequently proved injurious. — Children are dif- 
ferently 
