LOOKING-GLASS. 
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The Chin. 
The chin is that hillock whofe motions keep 
pace with the neck and lips, being fixed to the 
fore part of the lower jaw, under the lower lip, and 
projecting before the cheeks. 
Long experience has proved to judges of fea- 
tures, that a forward chin denotes a determined 
charaeter, while a fmoothef one announces imper- 
fections. 
Upon this principle we may diftinguilh three 
kinds of chins more or lefs expreflive. 
1ft. The tapering, or female chin, moft common 
to the fair fex, gives a juft ground to fufpeCt a weak 
fide. 
2d. The fecond clafs runs in a ftraight line with 
the under lip, when jjt is feen fideways. This kind 
infpires confidence. ^ 
3d. The third, or fliarp-pointed chin, is a fure 
fign of an aCtive and ingenious mind. 
The Ears. 
The ears are two protuberances of a fpongy and 
griftly fubftance, projecting fideways, and floping 
from the centre of the head towards the nofe and 
eyes. 
They have feveral folds and hollows. The firft 
!K)ld, or board, is called helix ; the fecond, anti- 
helix. 
