X CONTENTS. 



FEMALE — DEVELOPMENT — THE FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE OF THE 

 UNITS OF THE BODY — VARIABILITY — INHERITANCE — REVERSION. 



SECOND PART : STATEMENT OF THE HYPOTHESIS HOW FAR THE 



NECESSARY ASSUMPTIONS ARE IMPROBABLE — EXPLANATION BY AID 

 OF THE HYPOTHESIS OF THE SEVERAL CLASSES OF FACTS SPECI- 

 FIED IN THE FIRST PART — CONCLUSION .. .. Pagt'S 349-399 



CHAPTEE XXVIII. 



CONCLUDING EEMARKS. 



DOMESTICATION — NATURE AND CAUSES OF VARIABILITY — SELECTION — 



DIVERGENCE AND DISTINCTNESS OF CHARACTER EXTINCTION OF 



RACES — CIRCUMSTANCES FAVOURABLE TO SELECTION BY MAN — 

 ANTIQUITY OF CERTAIN RACES — THE QUESTION WHETHER EACH 

 PARTICULAR VARIATION HAS BEEN SPECIALLY PREORDAINED. 



400-428 



INDEX 429 



