34 THE NEANDERTHAL SKULL. 



Dhurwin's Ivillootions ! Musha, no philo- 

 maths them spalpeens ! Our hedge-schul- 

 niasther 'd tak' the consate out on 'm all 

 in no time ! No comparishment between 

 'm! Och! an' 'tis a bad job intirely I An' 

 the misfortunate crathur is myself, avour- 

 neen ! Och ! Katty, beloved of my heart ! 

 an' how will ye dig the phaties for thim 

 sivin childer, an' anither, one at laaste ! 

 sune to foller. Och ! Katty, pulse of my 

 life! Och! Och! Och! Och!"* 



Contemporary with Lamarck flourished 

 Dr. ERASMUS DARWIN, grandfather of his 

 more distinguished namesake, who in his 

 Botanic Garden mentions the Evolution 

 theory as conceived by a philosophic 

 friend, who declared that the first insects 

 were the anthers or stigmas of flowers, 

 which had somehow released themselves 

 from the parent plant; and that other 

 insects gradually evolved themselves from 

 them, some acquiring wings, . others fins, 

 and others claws, from their efforts to 



* Divine Revelation, or Pseudo- Science ? An Essay ; 

 l>y E. GK 8. Browne, B.D. ; pp. 62, 63. 



