CONTENTS. 



The Case is referred for arUtration to Lord G. 

 First Day's SiTTiNa. — Opening of the Case. 



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Homo states his ground of complaint — Mr. Darwin 

 traces man's pedigree from the tadpole-like offspring of 

 ancient Ascidians through fishes, amphibians, reptiles, 

 and the lower mammals, to Old World monkeys ; from 

 thence, through a long series of now vanished forms, to 

 man — Ascidians and their larvae — All intermediate forms 

 between ape and man extinct — Professor Huxley 

 knows of no new species having been originated by 

 selection — Mr. Darwin's former belief in the possibility 

 of black bears being changed into creatures like whales 

 — The historic period refuses its help to Mr. Darwin — 

 Greology unable to supply him with the missing links . . . 9 — 32 



Secoi^d Day's Sitting. — Mr. Darwin's Defence. 



Discussion on evidence adduced by Mr. Darwin of 

 man's descent from some lower form — Bodily structure — 

 Embryology ^Rudiments — The panniculus— The external 

 ear — M.B. ears — The third eyelid — Sense of smell — How 

 man has ceased to inherit the hairy coat of his pro- 

 genitors 32 — 58 



Third Day's Sitting. — Mr. Darwin's Defence. (Cont.j 



Discussion on rudiments continued — Occasional long 

 hairs of the eyebrow — Lanugo — ^Wisdom teeth — The 

 great canine teetli of our progenitors used for tearing 

 their enemies — Mr. Darwin's mistakes — How did man 

 lose his tail ? — Has a Creator never intervened ? ... 59 — 76 



Fourth Day's Sitting. — Mr. Darwin's Defence. (Cont.) 



Mr. Darwin's account of the way in which an ape-like 

 creature may change insensibly into man — It lives less 

 on trees and more on the ground — Finds it convenient 

 to become biped and erect — Hands suitable for climbing 

 trees, not suitable for hurling stones or spears — Hence 

 an ape's hands change in the human direction, and also 

 its feet — Africa, the supposed country of man's pro- 



