Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . 260 COMPARATIVE ness, of meekness, of inoffensive innocence, of a disposition tolive in peace and harmony with all mankind — remind us ofwoman in that refined society that is included within the do-mestic circle, and has its origin from domestic virtue. Saint Patrick is said to have driven all the toads and snakesout of Ireland, and we might add lizards included, for theseare a medium between the two. But, in expelling them fromthe land, he may have caused them to transmigrate, and toappear again under the mask o
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . 260 COMPARATIVE ness, of meekness, of inoffensive innocence, of a disposition tolive in peace and harmony with all mankind — remind us ofwoman in that refined society that is included within the do-mestic circle, and has its origin from domestic virtue. Saint Patrick is said to have driven all the toads and snakesout of Ireland, and we might add lizards included, for theseare a medium between the two. But, in expelling them fromthe land, he may have caused them to transmigrate, and toappear again under the mask of the native inhabitants! Bloody Irishman is a term applicable to the Irish in gen-eral, but particularly to that variety that resembles the bull-dog. Kill is a word attached to half the places in Ireland— Kildare, Kilkenny, Killarney, Kilkerny, etc. It should be remarked, however, that thenoblest varieties of dogs, ofwhich the bull-dog is one, be-come by perversion the veryworst; and the same is trueof those persons who resemble
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