NATURAL HISTORY OF CREATION. 157 



99.999^999 



100,000,000 



regularly as far as 100,000,001 



100,010,002 th'3 law changes. 



100,030,003 



100,060,004 



100,100,005 



100,150,006 



100,210,007 



100,280,008 



'' The law which seemed at first to govern this series 

 failed at the hundred million and second term. This 

 term is larger than we expected by 1 0,000. The next 

 term is larger than was anticipated by 30.000, and the 

 excess of each term above wluit we had expected forms 

 the following table : — 



10,000 



30,000 



60,000 



100,000 



150,000 



