174 MAMMALIAN DESCENT. [Lect. YII. 



modified, counterparts of the early existing Mammals. 

 In the Tupaia we have, evidently, a type which varied 

 in two directions at once ; it 1 )ecame, in a sense, douhle- 

 minded ; it was, therefore, impossible for it to ascend to 

 any height towards any one of our modern groups ; its 

 tendency towards the Lemurs hindered it from becom- 

 insf a carnivorous beast. 



Fig. If). — Nuw-bora young of Flying Cat {0'alco'i>Uhecun) ? .sp. 



two-tbii'ds ii.it. size. 



If the last type, the Tupaia, is an upwarddooking form, 

 tlie next to Ije mentioned — the Colugo, or Flying Cat 

 [Galeoplthecus) — certainly looks downwards. 



This latter type is the opprobrium of zoologists, as such ; 

 it will not fit in well anywhere ; Init to evolutionists, it is 

 a very god-send. The Insectivora have got it amongst 

 them, at last, but it is as lonely as a stray Elephant in 



