Part 12

‘Genesis of Species,’ p. 57, quotation (somewhat obscure as it stands) from the North British Review for June, 1867.

‘Animals and Plants under Domestication,’ vol. ii. p. 63.

INDEX.

Abiogenesis, note on hypothesis of, 126-132.

Addison, his opinion about Instinct, 71; his description of the brood-hen, 72; his account of a hen with brood of ducks, 73; on the insensible gradations of species, 74.

African desert, geological evidence of, 122.

Anabas scandens, its climbing powers, 28; Dr. Day’s opinion thereon, 28, note.

Androcles, story of, 82.

Animal mounds, of Wisconsin, 105.

Ants, slave-making, 29, 69; French philosopher’s account of, 73.

Artificial selection, part of Natural selection, 16.

Baboons, warfare of, 69.

Bacon, Lord, his statement about dogs, 75.

Barbarism, time required for development of, 57.

Bees, progress of, in cell-making, 25; their accuracy overrated, 69, 86.

Bennett, Mr. A. W., Mathematical test applied by, 168; Review by, 173.

Birds’ nests, reasoning powers employed in construction of, 69, 86; compared with human dwellings, 70; use of human manufactures in, 71.

British Association, exploration of Kent’s cavern by, 109.

Britons, ancient, condition of, 111.

Brookes, Henry, story of a lion quoted from, 76.

Brutes, man’s treatment of, 11, 90; opinion that God is the soul of, 71; compared with men, 74; their moral qualities, 75, 88; their laws and constitutions, 77; their perceptions and emotions, 80; language of scripture about, 84; motives of pleasure and pain applied to, 88; children compared with, 89.

Cannibalism, 57; of British tribes, 112.

Caterpillars, resembling twigs, 170.

Chalk, continuous formation of, 117.

Civilization, its dependence on language and the art of writing, 88.

Coal-measures, 119-121, 140.

Columbus, his opinion of the earth’s spherical form condemned, 60, 148.

Coquand’s Oysters of the Chalk, Professor Flower’s review of, 145, 165.