There to ease his cranial distension He will lead the simple life, incog., Far from international dissension Or upheavals of the under-dog; Leaving all unread his weekly Hansard, Studying only novels at his meals, Leaving correspondence all unanswered, Deaf to FOCH'S passionate appeals.

In the articulation with which we are dealing, however, these last two symptoms are not easily detected, for the surrounding structuresnamely, the lateral and other ligaments of the joint, the extensor pedis tendon in front, and the perforans behind, together with the dense and comparatively unyielding nature of the skin of the partsare such as to prevent distension and fluctuation becoming marked to a visible extent.