No. IV. NOVEMBER 1, 1885. Vol. I. 
Special Remarks on Evolution. 
By T. S. Bulmer, M.D., F.G.S.A. &c. 
I shall now offer a few remarks on ascent of type, evolution, and de- 
velopment of brain in the animal scale. First, so far as we can test 
Nature’s processes by observation and experiment, she is known to pro- 
ceed by the method of evolution — evolution” says Dana “explains 
much,” his views are, that the present state of Knowledge, favours the 
theory, that the evolution of the system of life went forward through the 
derivation of species from species according to natural methods not clearly 
understood, and with few occasions for supernatural intervention ; and 
when arrived at a certain maximum of variation, another leap would en- 
tirely alter its physical shape and habits. 
Aristotle was nearly the first of evolutionists when he writes thus, “The 
embyro of man, or horse, or other animal, is not at first man, or horse, or 
other animal, but only assumes the specific form, at a final stage, being 
first living thing, then animal, then special kind of animal” (D.G. ii. 3,4 ; 
ii. 6,9,29 ; iii. 9, 2.) 
The starting point of Life is a single cell — that is to say, a microscopic 
bag, filled with liquids and granules, and having within it a nucleus, or 
smaller sac. 
Paley remarked, that in the early stages, there is no difference discern- 
