48 SPECIAL CREATION 



ovule (little egg) about the l/125th of an inch in di- 

 ameter, which differs in no respect from the ovules 

 of other animals.' (Descent of Man, chap. 1, p. 9.) 



"In man," says Romanes, "as in most mammals, 

 it (the ovum or egg-cell) is about l/120th of an inch 

 in diameter. (Romanes, Darwin and After Darwin, 

 1, p. 120.) 



Supposing the human egg to be l/120th of an 

 inch in diameter and an ordinary pin's head to be 

 1/1 6th of an inch in diameter, which is about its 

 size, the egg would be about l/7th of the size of a 

 pin's head. 



Haeckel says : " In the lower vertebrates the form- 

 ation of ova (eggs) in the germ-epithelium of the 

 ovary continues throughout life ; but in the higher 

 animals it is restricted to the earlier stages, or even 

 to the period of embryonic development. 



"In man it seems to cease in the first year; in 

 the second year we find no new-formed ova (eggs) 

 or chains of ova (Pfluger's tubes.) However, the 

 number of ova (eggs) in the two ovaries is very large 

 in the young girl. There are calculated to be 72,000 

 in the sexually mature maiden.' (Evolution of Man, 

 chap. 29, p. 347.) 



' ' The human ovum, ' ' says Haeckel, ' ' whether fer- 

 tilized, or not, cannot be distinguished from that of 

 most other mammals. It is nearly the same every- 

 where, in form, size, and composition. When it is 

 fully formed, is has a diameter of (on an average) 

 about 1/1 20th of an inch. When the mammal ovum 

 (egg) has been carefully isolated and held against the 

 light on a glass-plate, it may be seen as a fine point 



