102 HOilO V. DARWIN. 



"go-by" to a most important branch of evidence which 

 tells strongly against his hypothesis. He has himself 

 mentioned the fact that man alone makes use of fire. 

 . Homo. Very true, my Lord. He also refers repeatedly 

 to the fact of man having " discovered the art of making 

 fire," but he says nothing of the farther fact that no one of 

 the lower animals has either discovered, or can be taught to 

 use this element. 



Lord C. What comes next ? 



Darwin. " The anthropomorphous apes," my Lord, 

 " guided probably by instinct, build for themselves tem- 

 porary platforms ; but, as many instincts are largely con- 

 trolled by reason, the simpler ones, such as this of building 

 a platform, might readily pass into a voluntary and 

 conscious act." (Vol. i. p. 53.) 



Homo. Here, again, my Lord, Mr. Darwin is dealing, not 

 with facts, but with probabilities. The apes of which he 

 speaks were " guided probably by instinct ;" this instinct 

 might pass into "a voluntary and conscious act." There 

 is nothing certain here, my Lord. Mr. Darwin is again 

 using his imagination in reasoning with us. Besides, if 

 the instinct of an ape, in building a platform, might pass 

 into a voluntary and conscious act, might not the instinct 

 of a bird in building a nest do the same ; or the instinct of 

 a mole in burrowing in the ground ? 



Darwin. "The orang," my Lord, "is known to cover 

 itself at night with the leaves of the pandanus ; and Brehm 

 states that one of his baboons used to protect itself from 

 the heat of the sun by throwing a straw mat over its head. 

 In these latter habits we probably see the first steps towards 

 some of the simpler arts, namely, rude architecture and 

 dress, as they arose amongst the early progenitors of man," 

 Vol. i. p. 53.) 



