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lavater’s 
helix, finaller. and more inward j the third, tragus, 
dill fmaiier ; and the fourth, anti-tragus, pretty for- 
ward, and a little doping within the Ihell. The 
lower lobe is foft, without griftle, roundifli, rather 
oval, and containing feveral cavities, particularly 
the fcapha, the paffage that communicates with 
the drum, or tympane. 
Although the ear of a man moves lefs than the 
fame part in other animals, ftill it is fubje6f 
to the motions of the Ikull, and other impreflions 
communicated by found : nor would it, probably, 
be fo quiet, were it not for the cuftom of covering a 
child’s ear from its infancy. 
Yet we are perfuaded that this wing of the body, 
as it admits of no difgutfe, bears an expreffive fea- 
ture, and fets off the fymmetry of the whole. 
The Trunk. 
The trunk Is that feftion of the human body 
which extends from the lower part of the head 
to the upper end of the limbs, facing the flioulders, 
and doping towards the dank, in the form of a long 
fquare, tapering round within fide, pretty dat be- 
liind, and having before two remarkable cavities, 
one bony and gridly in its circumference, called 
the bread, and the other almoft all dediy, except 
about the back, loins, intedines, &c. 
The neck reaches from the head to the upper 
parts of the bread and back, tapering befonp, .and 
thicken- 
