It is evidently the UNION of all that is good in these varieties which renders beauty in the locomotive system perfect.

This is perfectly represented in the Diana of Grecian sculpture, in which, with admirable taste, it is neither the nutritive nor the thinking, but the locomotive system, which is developed, - See Plate VIII.*

I have already said, that the temperaments of the ancients are only partial views of some of the varieties I am now describing. The athletic temperament, falls under the last of these varieties; and it is the only one that falls under this species. Happily, it does not occur in woman.

This temperament results from a great development of the bones and muscles, and is that of mere physical strength. It is marked by all the outward signs of strength: the head is small, the

In this plate the lithographer has been unsuccessful in many parts; but the engravings which have been published of the figure may readily be referred to for the correction of these minute defects. There is an error in shading in the left eye; the mouth and chin are too small; the tip of the nose drops too much, and the character of the neck is lost. The right fore-arm also is too small; the right leg and both knees are ill-drawn, and the whole wants vigour in the shadows.