CEREBRAL DEVELOPMENT OF BURNS.

I.—DIMENSIONS OF THE SKULL.

Inches.
Greatest circumference,22¼
FromOccipital Spine to Individuality, over the top of the head,14
...Ear to Ear vertically over the top of the head,13
...Philoprogenitiveness to Individuality (greatest length),8
...Concentrativeness to Comparison,7⅛
...Ear to Philoprogenitiveness,4⅞
...Ear to Individuality,4¾
...Ear to Benevolence,5½
...Ear to Firmness,5½
...Destructiveness to Destructiveness,5¾
...Secretiveness to Secretiveness,5⅞
...Cautiousness to Cautiousness,5½
...Ideality to Ideality,4⅝
...Constructiveness to Constructiveness,4½
...Mastoid process to Mastoid process,4¾

II.--DEVELOPMENT OF THE ORGANS.

Scale.
1.Amativeness, rather large,16
2.Philoprogenitiveness, very large,20
3.Concentrativeness, large,18
4.Adhesiveness, very large,20
5.Combativeness, very large,20
6.Destructiveness, large,18
7.Secretiveness, large,19
8.Acquisitiveness, rather large,16
9.Constructiveness, full,15
10.Self-Esteem, large,18
11.Love of Approbation, very large,20
12.Cautiousness, large,19
13.Benevolence, very large,20
14.Veneration, large,18
15.Firmness, full,15
16.Conscientiousness, full,15
17.Hope, full,14
18.Wonder, large,18
19.Ideality, large,18
20.Wit, or Mirthfulness, full,15
21.Imitation, large,19
22.Individuality, large,19
23.Form, rather large,16
24.Size, rather large,17
25.Weight, rather large,16
26.Colouring, rather large,16
27.Locality, large,18
28.Number, rather full,12
29.Order, full,14
30.Eventuality, large,18
31.Time, rather large,16
32.Tune, full,15
33.Language, uncertain,
34.Comparison, rather large,17
35.Causality, large,18

The scale of the organs indicates their relative proportions to each other;
2 is Idiotcy—10 Moderate—14 Full—18 Large—and 20 very Large.

The cast of a Skull does not show the temperament of the individual, but the portraits of Burns indicate the bilious and nervous temperaments—the sources of strength, activity, and susceptibility; and the descriptions given by his contemporaries of his beaming and energetic eye, and the rapidity and impetuosity of his manifestations, establish the inference that his brain was active and susceptible.

Size in the brain, other conditions being equal, is the measure of mental power. The Skull of Burns indicates a large brain. The length is 8, and the greatest breadth nearly 6 inches. The circumference is 22¼ inches. These measurements exceed the average of Scotch living heads, including the integuments, for which four-eighths of an inch may be allowed.

The brain of Burns, therefore, possessed the two elements of power and activity.