88 REVIEW.—ON THE CONFORMATION OF THE HORSE. 
because it proves nothing; and I have too much regard for the 
usefulness of your Journal to occupy its space with silly insinua¬ 
tions or acrimonious personalities. I shall not, therefore, ask any 
room for reply, however many ill-natured things Mr. Cherry may 
be pleased to say about me ; but am, Sir, your obedient servant, 
M. Cuming. 
Ellon, January 17, 1849. 
REVIEW. 
Quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non.—Hon. 
De LA Conformation DU Cheval, suivant les Lois de la Phy¬ 
sique et de la Mecanique. Par M. A. Richard. 1847. 
On the Conformation of the Horse, in Accordance with the 
Laws of Physics and Mechanics. By M. A. Richard. 1847. 
[Continued from page 45.] 
The “ General Considerations on the Head,” which we 
are now about to examine, while they afford ample illustration of 
the philosophical manner in which M. Richard has treated his sub¬ 
ject, whereby he has distinguished himself from authors of the same 
class, serve in a measure to shew what we mean by horse phreno¬ 
logy, and to what important and gainful uses such a science might 
be put, were it cultivated to the extent to which it offers evident 
capability. 
“ The head is the part which to the physiologist offers the 
greatest resources, not only to enable him to form an estimate of 
the noblesse of individuals, but also of their intelligence, their 
energy, and their moral character. Is not the horse possessed of 
physiognomy ? Has he not that expression of eye and of face, 
that general configuration of body, which will serve as guides to 
us in the study of his moral and physical capabilities? Does not 
everv animal offer to the phvsiognomist a subject for the exercise 
of his skill ?” 
M. Richard deduces from observation this difference between 
the head and other parts of the body, that while in the head one 
well-formed part will scarcely exist unaccompanied by an accord 
of excellence of form in others, in the regions of the body no such 
