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TUESDAY, FEBRUAEY 1st. 



J. Jenner Weir, Esq., F.L.S., F.Z.S., gave a lecture on 

 " The Evolution of Life, with especial reference to Dr. Charles 

 Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection." 



Mr. Weir, at the outset of his discourse, desired to limit 



I himself strictly to the consideration of the Evolution of some of 

 the various forms of animal life which we see around us, and 

 disclaimed any intention to go into the question of the origin 

 of life. He expressed himself as an unbeliever in spontaneous 

 generation, and asserted that Dr. Bastian's experiments only proved 

 conclusively to him how difficult it is to exclude life, even when 



