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• IAVATER*S 
The Xofe. 
Lavater confiders the nofe as a kind of puUey- 
gate to the brain : — this coniparifon will, perhaps, 
appear juft to men converfant with Gothic archi- 
te^ure. 
It is, indeed, the moft prominent feature j ex- 
tending from the lower e|id and middle of the fore- 
head down to the upper part of the upper lip. 
We may divide its parts into the root, the fpine 
or back, the noftrils, and tip. 
It’s roots join the forehead by the union of their 
refpe^ive bones with the collateral branches of the 
upper jaw. 
The fpine is formed by the continued chain of 
inner bones, and by united griftles, extending 
downwards to the peak or point. 
The hollow conlifts of two cartilages joined to- 
gether; round without, and hollow within, which 
form the paflfages or noftrils. 
- -The noftrils taper more or lefs, and turn round in 
the hind part, having a flight arch, narrower before 
than backward, and feparated by a partition that 
gives a fide view of the upper lip. 
~ 'Alt Th”^' "parts defcribed, being covered with 
(kin, are imperceptible ; except when the nofe is 
put in motion to contribute, as it does moft cflen- 
daily, towards the expreflion of the face. 
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