206 THE NEANDERTHAL SKULL. 



ascidian tadpole), which produced a qua- 

 druped, which produced a baboon, which 

 produced an orang-outang, which produced 

 a negro, which produced a white man. 

 Man as yet is only half developed ; there 

 being still six gradations through which he 

 has to pass before he becomes a perfect 

 mortal, and fit to share the bliss of the 

 seventh sphere. The original inhabitants 

 of the earth were black ; the subsequent 

 nations were brown ; the branches of these 

 were red, from these spread the yellow ; 

 and from these developed the white man" 



The investigations of Professor Davis 

 have not been confined to the inhabitants 

 of the earth. By means of the spirits he 

 has been enabled to make a survey of the 

 Planetary Worlds; and to tell his dis- 

 ciples what he has seen in each. The 

 inhabitants of the planets he considers 

 belong to the genus homo, but are in no 

 way connected with yourselves. E.g. : 

 Those of Saturn are " morally and intel- 

 lectually perfect ; "those of Jupiter, "in 

 size, symmetry and beauty of form, exceed 



