CONTENTS. 



The Case is referred for arbitration to Lord C. 

 FIRST DAY'S SITTING. Opening of the Case. 



PAGB 



Homo states his ground of complaint Mr. Darwin 

 traces man's pedigree from the tadpole-like offspring of 

 ancient Ascidians through fishes, amphibians, reptiles, 

 and the lower mammal*, to Old World monkeys ; from 

 thence, through a long series of now vanished forms, to 

 man Ascidians and their larvae All intermediate forms 

 between ape and man extinct Professor Huxley 

 knows of no new species having been originated by 

 selection Mr. Darwin's former belief in the possibility 

 of black bears being changed into creatures like whales 

 The historic period refuses its help to Mr. Darwin 

 Geology unable to supply him with the missing links ... 9 32 



SECOND DAY'S SITTING. Mr. Darwin's Defence. 



Discussion on evidence adduced by Mr. Darwin of 

 man's descent from some lower form Bodily structure- 

 Embryology Rudiments The panniculus The external 

 ear M.B. cars The third eyelid S nse of smell How- 

 man has ceased to inherit the hairy coat of his pro- 

 genitors ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 32 58 



THIRD DAY'S SITTING. Mr. Darwin's Defence. (ContJ 



Discussion on rudiments continued Occasional long 

 hairs of the eyebrow Lanugo Wisdom teeth Tiie 

 great canine teeth of our progenitors used for tearing 

 their enemies Mr. Darwin's iristakes How did man 

 lose his tail ? Has a Cr at or never intervened ? ... 59 76 



FOURTH DAY'S SITTING. Mr. Darwin's Defence. (Cont.) 



Mr. Darwin's account of the way in which an ape-like 

 creature may change insensibly into man It lives less 

 on trees and more on the ground Finds it convenient 

 to become biped and erect Hands suitable for climbing 

 trees, r.ot suitable for hur ing stones or spears Hence 

 an ape's hands change in the human dircc. ion, and also 

 it* feet Africa, the supposed c uctry of man's pro- 



