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23.-FORM.

Very Large-Accurate perception of outline; talent for drawing. Large-Power of delineating shapes; distinct memory of persons. Full-Tolerable correctness of memory; moderate skill in drawing. Moderate-A weak memory, and indistinct perceptions of form. Small-Absence of noticing external appearances, incorrectness.

Form very large in precocious boy of Boston. [See cut 39.] This organ is invariably large in distinguished artists, sculptors, &c., and is highly necessary to mechanics, milliners, &c. In children, also, this organ, when large, greatly facilitates education, in acquiring the rudiments, forming and learning letters, &c.

Location-between the eyes; its size is estimated by the distance or amount of brain between them.

24.-SIZE.

Very Large-An excellent judgment of proportion, length, &c. Large-Correct admeasurement of magnitude, space, distance, &c. Full-Fair perception of size, length, and proportion of objects. Moderate-Fails in guessing sizes; indifferent talents for surveying. Small-An extreme deficiency in estimating correct proportions.

Size, ability to judge of dimensions, space, &c., in proportion to the development of the organ. This faculty greatly assists the geometrician, mechanician, and engineer.

Location on the lower side of the internal angle of the eyebrow, adjoining Individuality.

25.-WEIGHT.

Very Large-Intuitive knowledge of gravitation, momentum, &c. Large-Very correct judgment of forces of bodies, preponderance. Full-Facility in estimating or trying the weight of anything. Moderate-Deficiency in balancing equilibrium, and in dancing. Small-Absence of the talent of the discriminating of weights.

Weight, appreciation of momentum, resistance; also aids equilibrium, balancing, &c. It is necessary in engineering, hydraulics, mechanics, &c., to marksmen, musicians, tumblers, dancers, &c.

Location-outwards from size, and under the eyebrow.

26.-COLOUR.

Very Large-Great memory, judgment and fondness of colours.
Large-Talents for analyzing and harmonizing shades of colour.
Full-Accuracy in judging the effects and combinations of colours.
Moderate-Want of talent, and deficient in skill for painting.
Small-Total absence of the faculty of distinguishing colours.

Colour, when large, implies correctness and facility of judg ment in colours, painting, &c.; of harmonizing delicacy of tints in shading with colours, &c.

It is a well-attested fact, that great numbers, with the keenest sight, are unable to distinguish the great difference in even the primitive colours. This offers one of the most conclusive evidences of the existence of primitive faculties and natural endowments. [See the cut No. 40 of the organ in Peter Paul Reubens, the great painter.]

27.-LOCALITY.

Very Large-An extraordinary faculty of recollecting places.
Large-A good memory of localities, and fondness for travelling.
Full-A ready perception of localities, and does not easily get lost.
Moderate-Indistinct memory of positions, and soon becomes lost.
Small-Very deficient in memory of places, localities, distances, &c.

Locality, if very large, great fondness for travelling, and remembrance of places seen. This organ is very large in celebrated travellers-Capt. Cook, Humboldt, &c. [See cut 41 of the organ in the former traveller.]

Location-on each side and a little above external of Individuality.

28.-CALCULATION.

Very Large-Intuitive perception of numbers; a skilful reckoner. Large-Command of figures, and great facilty in computing sums Full-Talent for figures, but not fond of exercising the faculty. Moderate-Dislike to arithmetic and accounts, deficient in figures. Small-Very slow and inaccurate in computing, reckoning, &c.

Calculation, power of computation, very large in Buxton, Bidder, &c., who, of ordinary minds in other respects, have astonished the world by their incredible powers of calculation; whilst some savage tribes of men are unable to count one hundred. [See cut 42, of J. Buxton.]

Location-outside external angle of the eye, next to order.

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