INDEX. 



Abiogenesis, note on hypothesis of, 

 126-132. 



Addison, his opinion about Instinct, 

 71 ', his description of the brood- 

 hen, 72 ; his account of a hen 

 with brood of ducks, 73 ; on the 

 insensible gradations of species, 74. 



African desert, geological evidence 

 of, 122. 



Anabas scandens, its climbing powers, 

 28 ; Dr. Day's opinion thereon, 

 28, note. 



Androcles, story of, 82. 



Animal mounds, of Wisconsin, 105. 



Ants, slave-making, 29, 69 ; French 

 philosopher's account of, 73. 



Artificial selection, part of Natural 

 selection, 1 6. 



Baboons, warfare of, 69. 



Bacon, Lord, his statement about 

 dogs, 75. 



Barbarism, time required for deve- 

 lopment of, 57. 



Bees, progress of, in cell-making, 

 25 ; their accuracy over-rated, 

 69, 86. 



Bennett, Mr. A. W., Mathematical 

 test applied by, 168; Review by, 



173- 



Birds' nests, reasoning powers em- 

 ployed in construction of, 69, 86; 

 compared with human dwellings, 

 70 ; use of human manufactures 

 in, 71. 



British Association, exploration of 

 Kent's cavern by, 109. 



Britons, ancient, condition of, nr. 



Brookes, Henry, story of a lion 

 quoted from, 76. 



Brutes, man's treatment of, II, 90 ; 

 opinion that God is the soul of, 

 71 ; compared with men, 74; 

 their moral qualities, 75, 88 : their 

 laws and constitutions, 77 j their 

 perceptions and emotions, 80 ; 

 language of scripture about, 84 ; 

 motives of pleasure and pain 

 applied to, 88 ; children compared 

 with, 89. 



Cannibalism, 57; of British tribes, 

 112. 



Caterpillars, resembling twigs, 170. 



Chalk, continuous formation of, 117. 



Civilization, its dependence on lan*- 

 guage and the art of writing, 88. 



Coal-measures, 119-121, 140. 



Columbus, his opinion of the earth's 

 spherical form condemned, 60, 148. 



Coquand's Oysters of the Chalk, 

 Professor Flower's review of, 14=, 

 165. 



Correlation, 17, 166, 176. 



Creation, sudden, not reconcilable 

 with the order of nature, 25 ; 

 theories of, compared, 32 j pre- 

 judice in favour of its suddenness, 

 63, 64 ; Biblical theory of, 1 29. 



Creations, many distinct, not war- 

 ranted by scripture or science, 20, 

 116, 135 ; special, for special loca- 

 lities, untenable, 21. 



