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( 11 ) The letter D in the mount of the moon, de- notes the party to be kind and good-natured, and much beloved. The letter G in the plain of Mars, near the line of life, ſpeaks the party to be of a violent temper, given up to anger, and threatens him or her with ſudden or untimely' death: How- ever, to a woman it promiſes a huſband that ſhall grow great in military affairs.-Thus much for the characters of this kind. Lines in the hand, and their ſignifications, re- lating to love, marriage, buſineſs, and the like.

IF the table line be broad, fair, and well coloured, it ſignifies the party, if a man, will have two wives, if a woman, as many huſbands. If the line of life extends itſelf from the root of the forefinger to the Mount of the Moon, or the brawn of the hand, it then denotes long life; but if it be cut ſhort and divided by many croſſes, the contrary. If the girdle of Venus, which reaches from the outſide of the hand to the root of the middle finger, be fair and well proportioned, and not cut or divided by croſs lines, the party is promiſed extraordinary advantages by mar- riage. Several little croſſes upon the liver line which runs directly acroſs the band, denotes ſickneſs and an unhealthy conſtitution ; but if it be fair and clean, ſignifies health and long life. If little direct lines come from the root of