REMARKS ON THE THEORIES 

 OF MR. DARWIN AND MR. BUCKLE. 



I CANNOT take leave of this branch of the subject, 

 more particularly that portion of it which relates to 

 the fossil remains of animals and the progress of 

 organised life indicated by Greology, without some 

 reference to the theories of Mr. Darwin, which have 

 attracted so large a portion of the attention of men 

 of science. If I were to omit all mention of works 

 which tread the same ground which I have been 

 traversing, I should appear to evade all the ques- 

 tions which he has raised, and which have engaged 

 the attention of Natural Philosophers for several 

 years past. The doctrines which he has given to 

 the World are in many respects irreconcilable with 

 those views which I have ventured to embody in the 

 preceding pages. Should I leave them altogether 



