658 The Psychic Calendar of Creation . [November, 
mals, birds, and aerous reptiles, possessing hearing, smell, 
sight, taste, and touch. 
Lastly come the Sexasentia , the “ spiritual man ” of the 
Bible, having, in addition to all the former senses, a spiritual 
sense. 
The first remark which will occur to the practical naturalist 
is, that Prof. Reid has found no place for the most numerous 
of all the great primary groups of the animal kingdom, — 
i.e. 9 the inserts. That they possess at least five senses is 
indisputable, and there is a possibility that some of them 
may even have more. Then we note that the Crustaceans 
are thrust down into the Trisentient group, and declared 
void of hearing and smell — a very hazardous assumption ! 
The Mollusca fare still worse, and are pronounced to have 
taste and touch only. Yet the Cephalopoda, the highest 
molluscous type, have very distindt eyes, and also organs of 
hearing. 
As unisentient we find “ protoplasm” figuring as a distindt 
animal, or vegetable species. As to the eozoon, its organic 
charadter is still sub judice, and any expression as to the 
number of its senses is therefore somewhat indiscreet. 
Lastly, it may be question whether vegetation generally 
should rank lower than the simplest forms of animal life. 
We do not dispute, as Paley suggests, that “ there may 
be more and other senses than those which we have.” We 
have speculated on the possibility of such senses, and are 
even now searching for phenomena which may demonstrate 
their existence. We would also agree with Prof. Allman 
that “ in the far-off future there may be yet evolved other 
and higher faculties.” 
The author advances the opinion that Man is an “ embry- 
onic and transitional type,” and not a “ closed or terminal 
type like the Quadrumana and other lower forms.” It may 
be noted that there is at least one instance of an animal re- 
producing itself not in its highest stage, but in an antecedent 
and inferior condition. We will likewise not forget the fadt 
that the embryonic stages of certain animals remind us of 
the mature strudture of lower types. But let us suppose 
Prof. Reid to say, if formally challenged to produce scientific 
evidence, that man is a larval, transitional form. We fear 
the analogies above mentioned, and others which might be 
cited, will scarcely be accepted as decisive. 
