Chap. XIY. GKADATION OF CHARACTERS. 153 



" object, I have myself but little doubt." ^° If this be 

 admitted^ we can perceive that the males which were 

 decked in the most elegant and novel manner would 

 have gained an advantage, not in the ordinary struggle 

 for life, but in rivalry with other males, and would 

 consequently have leit a larger number of offspring to 

 inherit their newly- acquired beauty. 



50 'Introduction to the TiocliilklaV 18GJ, p. 110. 



