On Wednesday, September the 1st, I waited on Mr. _Dyson_, who was the gentleman sent for on the 17th, to examine the corpse. I asked him simply, whether, from what had then appeared before him, he judged it to be male or female? His answer was that, having examined the pelvis and the skull, he judged the corpse to be that of a man. I asked what was the shape of the head? He said that the forehead was high and erect, though the top of the head was flat; and added that the skull was of that shape and flatness at the top which, differing from those of blacks, is observed to be common and almost peculiar to persons of very comprehensive intellects. I am a stranger to this sort of knowledge, but the opinion is a strong confirmation that, from all the premises before him, he judged the head to be that of _Milton_. On a paper, which he showed me, enclosing a bit of the hair, he had written ‘_Milton’s hair_.’ Mr. _Dyson_ is a surgeon, who received his professional education under the late Dr. _Hunter_, is in partnership with Mr. _Price_, in Fore Street, where the church stands, is of easy access, and his affability can be exceeded only by his skill in an extensive line of practice. Mr. _Taylor_, too, who is a surgeon of considerable practice and eminence in his county, judged the corpse, on the 4th, to be that of a male. A man, also, who has for many years acted as grave-digger in that parish, and who was present on the 17th, decided, upon first sight of the skull, that it was male; with as little hesitation, he pronounced another, which had been thrown out of the ground in digging, to be that of a woman. Decisions obviously the result of practical, rather than of scientific knowledge; for, being asked his reasons, he could give none, but that observation had taught him to distinguish such subjects. Yet this latter sort of evidence is not to be too hastily rejected; it may not be understood by everybody, but to anyone acquainted with those who are eminently skilled in judging of the genuineness of ancient coins, it will be perfectly intelligible. In that difficult and useful art, the eye of a proficient decides at once; a novice, however, who should inquire for the reasons of such decision, would seldom receive a further answer than that the decision itself is the result of experience and observation, and that the eye can be instructed only by long familiarity with the subject; yet all numismatic knowledge rests upon this sort of judgment. After these evidences, what proofs are there, or what probable presumptions, that the corpse is that of a woman?