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LECT. VI.] ]63
readily fall forward, and so often decline on their
breasts.
The external organ of hearing grows remarkably
in children : as also the mastoidal apophyse.
The second figure (plate LXXII.) represents the
head of a child about a twelvemonth old, in which
appear several alterations: for, now the depth of the
head from front to back is encreased ; so that the line
a, b, is much longer than the line a, d.
The orbit of the eye is not much changed.
The forehead is somewhat raised, and advances
before the line a, d. as also do both jaws: in fact, in
order to contain the teeth, which now begin to oc-
cupy more or less space, these parts are in size dou-
ble what they were : the increase of the lower parts
of the face is general, and evident.
The upper-jaw projects (but not much) more be-
fore the line a, d.
The third figure, (plate LXXIII.) is the repre-
sentation of a he a d at mature age ; which com-
pared with the foregoing, shews sundry variations.
The nose in growing acquires a rising in the mid-
dle ; which in some persons becomes aquiline: neither
Negroes, nor Asiatics, have this rising in any sen-
sible degree : neither have the antique statues.
The anterior part of the nose, from the tip of the
nose to the cheek, is longer in Europeans than in
other continental races.
The natural position of the teeth, in general, pro-
jects the mouth a little.
The chin seems somewhat to recede.
This being the same head as No. 4, in the first
series, several remarks have been already made on it.
Y 2 The
readily fall forward, and so often decline on their
breasts.
The external organ of hearing grows remarkably
in children : as also the mastoidal apophyse.
The second figure (plate LXXII.) represents the
head of a child about a twelvemonth old, in which
appear several alterations: for, now the depth of the
head from front to back is encreased ; so that the line
a, b, is much longer than the line a, d.
The orbit of the eye is not much changed.
The forehead is somewhat raised, and advances
before the line a, d. as also do both jaws: in fact, in
order to contain the teeth, which now begin to oc-
cupy more or less space, these parts are in size dou-
ble what they were : the increase of the lower parts
of the face is general, and evident.
The upper-jaw projects (but not much) more be-
fore the line a, d.
The third figure, (plate LXXIII.) is the repre-
sentation of a he a d at mature age ; which com-
pared with the foregoing, shews sundry variations.
The nose in growing acquires a rising in the mid-
dle ; which in some persons becomes aquiline: neither
Negroes, nor Asiatics, have this rising in any sen-
sible degree : neither have the antique statues.
The anterior part of the nose, from the tip of the
nose to the cheek, is longer in Europeans than in
other continental races.
The natural position of the teeth, in general, pro-
jects the mouth a little.
The chin seems somewhat to recede.
This being the same head as No. 4, in the first
series, several remarks have been already made on it.
Y 2 The