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it existed; and if it was developed, it could only have been 
applied to the exterior of a ind. ike cranium. And for the 
al 
wen, some indication of these affinities should have been 
ven. 
Then, with regard to the brain, it is said, “ The lodgment 
of the poorly developed brain enlists a miserably small pro- 
portion of the skull" (p. 49)*. The epithet miserably i 
not state a scientific fact, and must be objected to as endea- 
vouring to make a feeling of contempt do duty for a knowledge 
* Prof. Owen (Anat. Vertebrates, vol ii. p. 121) says, in the huge 
scone is the brain does not exceed 24 inches in length, and 2 inches in 
