character with too little caution or sensitiveness (4-4, Plate III.). The
subject will go to the opposite extreme of him with the Line of Head and
Line of Life joined. When the space is very wide it denotes excessive
impetuosity and lack of continuity of purpose, a person who pushes
himself forward on all occasions, a great desire for notoriety and one
continually changing his plans as far as the world is concerned. When
this line is excessively open or separate from the Line of Life, the
brain seems to be an extremely excitable one. The subject suffers greatly
from excessive blood to the head, mental hysteria, sleeplessness, and all
things that affect the brain. If the Line of Head is badly formed with
islands, or a broad line with breaks and hair lines (1-1, Plate IV.), it
is just as much a mark of another form of insanity as the Line of Head
curving downwards at the wrist, but with the line mentioned the type is
inclined to be morbid with a tendency to suicide.

This other Line of Head with islands indicates the character that will be
more likely to be excitable and fly into a temper and kill other people.
A Line of Head not too widely separated and either one end of it
commencing on the Mount of Jupiter, or with its main branch from the
Mount of Jupiter (4-4, Plate III.), is one of the most brilliant marks of
all. The student must, however, carefully establish this difference of
the Line of Head in his own mind, as well as the termination or the
ending of this line. Once he has these two points firmly established, he
has gained the great keynote to this subject. When once this part is
mastered, he has a sure foundation to work on.

My next remarks will relate to the minor marks and their meaning, and to
islands or breaks on or in the Line of Head.

THE LINE OF HEAD AND ITS SECONDARY SIGNS

What are known as "islands" in the Line of Head are very important,
especially if they are considered both in relation to the age at which
they occur, and also in relation to the mentality itself.

In the first place the principal rule the student must bear in mind is,
that islands must be considered as showing a weakness in any line
wherever they may be found, and are to be considered unfortunate signs.

On the Line of Head when found in the form of a continuous chain (1-1,
Plate IV.), all through the line, they denote mental weakness, but
generally produced by ill-health which more immediately affects the
brain.

Such