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in the Palms ; the Caufes of the beft and vvorft Kinds, 
and of their Defc& ; with Prognoses drawn from 
them, and the like : The fecond Part he calls Meta- 
ftofeopid, which relates only to the Countenance, and 
is the leaft confiderable 5 wherein he chiefly confiders 
the Rug& of the Forehead, which he divides into 
three Kinds: i. Sach as are equal and ftrait : 2. Such 
as are unequal and interrupted : 3 . When they are 
but few and fuperficial: And the only Confequences 
he draws from thefe Wrinkles are, that the equal 
ones fignify Strength and Equilibrium in the frontal 
Mufcies 5 the unequal ones the contrary 5 and very 
truly fays, that if the Skin be thin and lean, there 
are more Wrinkles 5 if thick, a fmaller Numbers 
and, laftly, when they are but few, and are fuper- 
ficial, it fliews, fays he, great Weaknefs of the Mtifcle* 
Now, from thefe Conditions of the Mufcies of the 
Forehead, he judges of the Condition of the Brain: if 
that be flrong, fo is the Brain j if weak, the latter • 
muft be fo too* and the like. 
XL 
This Author places the Seat of the Soul fome- 
where in the fore Part of the Brain 5 and thinks he 
has found a new Part, which was never taken notice 
of before, and promifes the Publication of it. He 
has nothing that particularly relates to a Demonftra- 
tion of the Paffions of the Mind on the Counte- 
nance, but this general Notion : “ It is not a diffi- 
<c cult Matter (fays he) to difeern an angry Man 
“ by his flaming Eyes? nor an envious Man by 
Z t their 
