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Tokens of the Difpofitions of the Mind, that is, the 
Aftions of the Mufcies of the Face. He has drawn 
fomc injudicious Suppoiitions from the native Couiv 
tries of Men 5 others, from the Strength or Weak- 
nefs of their Limbs ; others, from the Nature or Co- 
lour of the Hair ; others, from the Shortnefs, Length, 
Hardnefs, or Softncfs, of the Fleflh and Limbs j and 
has laid great Strefs upon the Likenefs of the human 
Voice to that of other Animals: Thus, if the Voice 
was loud and fonorous, he compared the Perfon to 
a Lion, Bull, or barking Dog, according to their 
Differences; and if, on the contrary, the Voice was 
feeble and mild, he concluded the Perfon pufillani- 
mous and fearful. If Women were ftrong, healthy, 
and of good Conftitutions, he declared them of a 
mafeuline Nature; and if Men were weakly, he 
efteemed them as having more of the Female Dif~ 
potions than otherwife, and alfo drew fome Re- 
marks from the Size, Roundnefs, Length, Flatnefs, 
or Protuberance of the Face, without ever dream- 
ing of the Ufe of the Mufcies belonging to it. 
X. 
The great Lancijius , whom we have mentioned 
before, has wrote a particular Treatife, to his Friend 
Fantonus , upon this Subject, which he calls Differ - 
tat to T hyfiognomonica^ and which he divides into two 
Parts ; the firft he calls Chirofcopia> which treats of 
fevcral Things relating to the Lines on the Palm of 
the Hand ; as their Origin ; why they are more in 
the Hands than the Soles of the Feet ; three Kinds 
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