OF THE HEAD.

A large head, with a small triangular forehead, denotes a total want of

understanding.

If the skull be loaded with fat and flesh, this is usually an indication

of a shallow mind: much more if, at the same time, it be small and

round; it then denotes stupidity.

Where the occiput, that is, the back part of the skull, is compressed,

or, rather, where it exhibits a cavity, it is a sign of a weak mind,

sometimes stubborn, and always contracted. (See _pl. V_.)

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