twisted hairs of his brow the elderly man, and less so the woman,
carries about an engraved statement, for his friends or enemies to
read, of his natural disposition and his acquired habits, in a limited
field--his written character!
[Illustration: Fig. 20.
Muscles surrounding orbit with lines of action. Left--muscles concerned
in movements of parts round orbits. Right--lines of action of these
muscles indicated by arrows.]
[Illustration: Fig. 21.--C. B. _æt_ 81.
_Hairs_: Thick and bushy eyebrows. At junction of outer and middle
third of each side the thick hairs turn abruptly downwards in a tuft
and cover the upper lid.
_Wrinkles_: Arched and lateral fairly well-marked, one very deep,
central and vertical wrinkle.]
[Illustration: Fig. 22.--G. W. _æt_ 79.
_Hairs_: On each side at junction of outer and middle thirds a definite
wisp of hair turning upwards.
_Wrinkles_: Arched and orbital well-marked, central wrinkles hardly
visible.]
[Illustration: Fig. 23.--F. F. _æt_ 57.
_Hairs_: Left side two long hairs from 1 to 1-1/2 inches long, turned
sharply up at outer end of eyebrow. Right side short hairs turned
upwards.
_Wrinkles_: Strongly marked, curved, orbital wrinkles round outer half
of each orbit. No other wrinkles.]
[Illustration: Fig. 24.--B. W. _æt_ 69.
_Hairs_: on both sides, projecting tufts at junction of the middle
and outer thirds of eyebrows, hairs an inch long. The outer fourth of
surface bare of hair.
_Wrinkles_: Vertical hardly visible. Arched wrinkles numerous and
especially deep towards the temporal region.]
[Illustration: Fig. 25.--T. R. _æt_ 57. Voluble talker, twitches
eyebrows in talking.
_Hairs_: Thick and stand out stiffly from eyebrows, turning slightly
upwards in outer third--almost absent from inner third of surface.
_Wrinkles_: Vertical faint; arched deep and long, equal on the two
sides, orbital, on each side two groups of deep radiating wrinkles,
beside many small lines.]
[Illustration: Fig. 26.--A. P. _æt_ 63.
_Hairs_: On each eyebrow at about the junction of the middle and outer
third, there is a remarkable tuft measuring 1 to 1-1/2 inch projecting
from plane of eyebrow somewhat upwards, scanty hair on outer third.
_Wrinkles_: Smooth open forehead, with moderate-sized arched and
orbital wrinkles. Vertical wrinkles hardly visible.]
[Illustration: Fig. 27.--G. G. _æt_ 54.
_Hairs_: Right eyebrow upward twist of hairs on outer half, left
eyebrow hairs lie straight; project, on both sides, well away from
plane of eyebrow.
_Wrinkles_: Arched on right side more numerous and extending higher
than on left. No vertical wrinkles.]
[Illustration: Fig. 28.--R. N. _æt_ 65.
_Hairs_: On right side hairs long and projecting nearly in horizontal
direction, on left sharply turned up at inner end and rather less so at
outer.
_Wrinkles_: on right sides, three faint arched wrinkles, one vertical,
short and small. On left, three deep arched wrinkles, one vertical,
deep and long.]
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