THE BITER BIT.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 348, 6 November 1875, Page 2

THE BITER BIT.

(From a Contemporary.) PIIRENOLOGiGAL TRAITS < V DK. Cißli's CHARACTER. (To the Editor.J ■ Sir, —As a student of Phrenology, I take the liberty of sending to your journal my opinion of some of the most distinguishing... trai s of the Doctor's character. In consequence of his popularity throughout New Zealand, anything said about him will be read with interest. A few days ago, a person in the North signing himself "Stella" said Dr. • Cart's head was well balanced. If "Stella" had been acquainted with the laws of Phrenology, he would not make, a statement so much at variance with its rules. An equally balanced head means this—equal proportions in the following sections, viz.: the domestic group, selfish sentiments, -perspective faculties, coronal region, semi-intellec-tual parts and reflective faculties. The middle of the ear should be at an angle.of 25deg. in line with the perspective group ; .from the base line of the brain to the. centre of ossification of the. frontal-bone, three inches; from that line to firmness, three more. Now, let us examine the Doctor's head and we will endeavor to prove that it is of a very bad type, according to the wellknown laws of Phrenology. The base of: Dr. Carr's brain is essentially-large, being very wideand deep ; from the base of the brain to tho centre line his head measures 4iin. ; from the. line again, which shows the coronal region to firmness, his head measures lfin.; the position of the ear in the line with the perceptive group is at an angle of 45deg. Now, anything over 25deg. indicates the " animal propensities to be far too large. In examining the Doctor's head, the phrenologist is struck with the smallness of the coronal region ; . this is /the seat of 4he moral sentiments. . His organs are very cramped, especially down towards the region of benevolence. Passing along the side of his head, we find he rises rapidly at sublimity up. to firmness. He is very large in love of .approbation, self-esteem, preservation, caution, casuality, comparison, combativeness, and destructiveness. Love of approbation ana self-esteem is the ruling element in the Doctor's character, with love of sensual gratifica-. tion. His enormous self-esteem, combativeness, and firmness, with small human nature, makes him vindictive, harsh, cruel, cynical, obstinate, selfopinionated, and unsparing to either friend or foe. But the perceptive group are the finest I ever saw, which include form, size, weight, colour, order, individuality, number, locality,- language.—l am, &c., Vera. • Waikiivi, Sept. 7, 1875.