70 Forty Years Beagling 



"This is what Dr. Mills' argument amounts to, 

 for by no influence can we account for variation 

 in type, either by foetal connection or metabolism ; 

 further, it is only by the male element of a certain 

 type that the same type, or a variation towards it, 

 can be brought about. If an instance in point is 

 required to illustrate Dr. Mills' view, it would be 

 as follows, my argument being that what applies 

 to one form of life applies to all, viz., that when the 

 impregnated ovum leaves the ovary it is a separate 

 being, and the sole difference between the mam- 

 malian and fowl being that the former had to exist 

 for a limited space as a parasite. 



"If wx take the fowl, it is the same as the vege- 

 table, namely, it is sent into the world with a food 

 supply, which the mammalian being without is 

 obliged to look for in a special manner. This being 

 the case. Dr. Mills' argument can be thus illus- 

 trated: A laborer takes some green cabbage seed, 

 which has a supply of food sufficient to keep it 

 alive until it reaches what equals the uterus, mother 

 earth. Here it at once puts forth a root, the um- 

 bilical cord, and from the earth draws its food 

 supply. In due time it appears above the earth, 

 it is born. It then puts forth fresh roots. In other 

 words, it is at first suckled and gi^adually comes to 

 maturity. The following spring, the laborer sows 



