Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . is that one who resembles the goat is fond of to-bacco, we have not yet discovered. Certain it is that a per-son with features like the preceding, and with such a beard,can not be otherwise than fond of the drug. The appetite isnatural to him, or rather we should say that it is easily ac-quired, and that he holds it with more tenacity than he doeshis saliva! He is one who does everything with an air of THE GOAT. nonchalance^ and is well to do in the world, and lias some-thing to chew upon, like the goat that retires and rumina
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . is that one who resembles the goat is fond of to-bacco, we have not yet discovered. Certain it is that a per-son with features like the preceding, and with such a beard,can not be otherwise than fond of the drug. The appetite isnatural to him, or rather we should say that it is easily ac-quired, and that he holds it with more tenacity than he doeshis saliva! He is one who does everything with an air of THE GOAT. nonchalance^ and is well to do in the world, and lias some-thing to chew upon, like the goat that retires and ruminatesupon the stock of food that he has gathered. Here is a lotof people who resemble goats, and have all of them the airand manner that have been described. The resemblancesare most admirable, as may be seen by comparing them oneby one with the individual goats we have met with and haveseen in print. Yet the artist had only the intention of repre-senting a company of persons under the habitual influence oftobacco, and has evidently drawn from his observation—so. much so, that we are inclined to think that he has given usportraits, or, better still, that we have seen these portraits be-fore. They speak for themselves, for countenances will speak,even in church. It is easy to see rumination in the faces ofthe men, and perception in those of the women, which mustbe highly gratifying to the preacher, whose expression is thatof delivery. The man nearest the desk is taking in an idea,and it is evidently a great one. The man with his back to 300 COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY. us, and facing the speaker, is on the verge of apprehending,and is pausing and deliberating upon the event, as if therewere no weightier consideration than that of listening. Theman with a profile is cogitating upon the probable quantityof tobacco-juice he will be able to express from the cud thathe has now in his mouth before he will be obliged to throw itaway. The remaining, fat-faced, good-natured individual, isthe
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