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MR. YOUATTS VETERINARY LECTURES. 
frontals, posteriorly; the lachrymals, laterally and posteriorly ; the 
superior maxillaries, laterally and along the middle part of the 
face ; and laterally and anteriorly with the termination of the 
process of the anterior maxillary, received between them and the 
superior maxillary. Along the median line of the face is the 
nasal suture which unites them to each other. 
Within, they are connected with the cartilaginous septum and 
the posterior turbinated bone. 
Observe the form of the nasals—broad, and rounded above, 
tapering to a point below ; the curve being on the outer and lower 
edge, and the edges by which they are united together consti¬ 
tuting a straight line from the frontals to the nose. Together 
they have been said to bear no slight resemblance to the heart 
painted on a pack of cards. 
They are vaulted—convex without and concave within—form¬ 
ing the crown of an arch. In some heads [several were here pro¬ 
duced] the nasals so unite as to constitute one tolerably regular 
and perfect arch—in other heads the curve of each nasal is nar¬ 
rower, and when they are placed in apposition they form two little 
arches with a depression between them along the suture. This is 
often found in the blood-horse, with his comparative broad head 
and face ; the single elevated arch belongs to the long and narrow 
face of the draught-horse. In either case, two objects are effected, 
strength and lightness—the arched roof gives strength to a part 
exposed to injury from accident or brutality, and that with as 
little weight as possible, for the head being appended from the 
long lever of the neck, a very small addition of weight would act 
with great mechanical disadvantage. 
The nasal bones pursue their course down the face, in some 
horses, in a straight line; in others, there is a slight prominence 
towards the upper part; while in a considerable number a de¬ 
pression is observed a little lower down. Some equine phy¬ 
siognomists have imagined that this deviation in the line of the 
face affords some indication of the temper of the animal; and 
I believe there is a little truth in this. 
Of the horse with straight profile much cannot be predicated : 
he may be good or bad tempered, but not often either to any 
excess. The one with a prominent Roman nose will not possess 
his comparative share of either the intelligence or the courage of 
the ancient illustrious proprietors of this projecting organ; but an 
easy, good-tempered kind of beast, hardy, ready enough to eat, not 
quite so ready perhaps to work, yet that may be made to do his 
duty without any cruel urging; and with little pretension to 
speed or to blood. On the other hand, a depression across the 
