LECTURE IV. 



SPECIAL CONTRIVANCES 1'Kl .-I .RVATH >N OK SPECIES 



id/ adaptations. Inunctions. Cases mentioned by l\iley. 



// and socket joint. L'uttlc-Jish. Tcrcbratulas. 



Leech. (inah. :<ition <>/' sitbstanct' 



to their instinct. A'///--r< w//v. Lobsters and 



k. Fitted for y/v 



^land - -.s'//v/< / . r In'rtts.- 



-7>('- 



Limbs of iiniindl*. Teeth f> of 



r.ition of. Multipli- 

 city ution of , balloons, 

 JiooL Same > </ bv iii~ t 'erse means. 

 I'itality < of flowers. Growth of 

 plants supplii. imals litn- 



:n untnbi- / of animals proi'ided for. 



Xnjf't')i/i^ ana 1 if eat h. < . ' ity to be i'indi<.att\t. 



Man's enjoyment an<> on different grout 



confined to lo-^'cr animals. Suffering 

 its o\cn sake. Enjoyment in excess of 



siij}\ fS parental relation. Sum of en- 



jovment increased bv succession of animals. Introduction 



inrironuts animals increases tJic sum of enjoyment. 

 Disease* l*ro\'ision for its alleviation. Hesi^n may show 

 cruelty. Apparent cruelty often real benevolence. Creator 

 Infinite in 11 is attribit: 



THERE seems to some minds to be great evidence 

 of design in special adaptations. A loop, or hinge, 

 or lens, is easier understood than the harmonies 

 which embrace the relations of whole classes or 

 kingdoms of nature. It is in the skilful presenta- 



