Welsh Journals

Natural History and Phenomena. 447 Don't say, " I know I think;" that spoils the whole; The man that thinks he knows is half a fool. N.B.—A valuable caution against the prevalent super¬ stition—belief in a present state. What will people swallow next ? (To be continued.) Genus Homo (Varieties of). (Continued from Page 431.) Occasional specimens occur which, though not devoid of individual interest, yet, can hardly be depended on as "permanent vanities ;" whilst others are evidently local, or dependent on age, sex, periodic moulting, or change of food ; but, as some of these elements lead ultimately to the establishment of the most marked characters, such cases as the following may be recommended to further observation :—H. nomistacus ; H. Sanctigilesianus ; H. baracawsius; H. porcpiana; H. hasbeenia; H. discountus Cruikshankii. The above remarks do not, however, apply to the next set; unless, " H. nodiceps" has been hastily adopted. H. pegleggatus:—the Timbertoe; Crure dextro fraxineo, sinistro cameo; (aliquando reverse) rariits ambobus arbo- rescentibus, (habitat, Greenwich and Chelsea.) H. pig- tailosus:—Crinibus occipitalibus contortuplicatis; anterio- ribus, (ubi adsunt) liberis. [An extinct variety: Old Sir Robt. Vaughan and the tall old man on St. George's Pier¬ head, Liverpool, were the last, not least.] H. Perforans :— The Bore; L'Embetant Vultu imperturbabili; patientid inex- haustd; lingud immensurabili; auribus nullis, ant prorsits obturatis. Passim, Hierichunte exccptd. H. nodiceps:— La papillottee. Matutina; crinibus papyro implicitis; cojtera "simplex munditiis" (Nurseries and breakfast rooms.)