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a quantity of bushy hair upon the forehead ciiap. 
— “ Oraque sunt longis horrida tecta comis ." — > , > 
A line traced to express the profile of a Greek, is, 
on the contrary, convex A remarkable distance 
may be observed between the nose and the 
mouth; this is never a pleasing character in 
physiognomy, as it gives to the countenance a 
knavish hypocritical expression. The Russian 
countenance is not thus characterized. The 
Greek has, moreover, frequently a wide mouth, 
thick lips, and very large teeth. His forehead 
is low, and his chin small. His nose partakes 
of the general convexity of his face, rather than 
of that partial aquiline which is considered as a 
characteristic of the Roman countenance ; and, 
when this convexity is too prominent, the 
features resemble those of the Fawns and 
Satyrs exhibited by antient sculpture. Of 
course, a description of this kind, calculated 
merely for amusement, must be liable to many 
remarkable exceptions. The inhabitants of 
Greece often differ from each other; those of 
Lacedcemon, and of all the western coast of the 
Norea, together with the natives of Zante 
and Cephuloniu, are a much finer race of men, 
having nobler features and more athletic 
(1) See the I'ignette to this Chapter, in which an endeavour has 
hecii made to exhibit the profiles of the Russian and the Greek. 
