Here I close my labours. How far I have succeeded in accomplishing the task to which I bent myself, it is not for me to judge. Others will determine that; and I am quite sure it will be determined fairly, on the whole. To prevent misapprehension, however, it may be as well to enunciate what the task was, which I prescribed, especially because other (collateral, hypothetical) points have been mooted in these pages. All, then, that I consider myself responsible for is summed up in these sentences:-- I. The conclusions hitherto received have been but inferences deduced from certain premises: the witness who reveals the premises does _not_ testify to the inferences. II. The process of deducing the inferences has been liable to a vast incoming of error, arising from the operation of a _Law_, proved to exist, but hitherto unrecognised. III. The amount of the error thus produced we have no means of knowing; much less of eliminating it. IV. The whole of the facts deposed to by this witness are irrelevant to the question; and the witness is, therefore, out of court. V. The field is left clear and undisputed for the one Witness on the opposite side, whose testimony is as follows:-- "IN SIX DAYS JEHOVAH MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH, THE SEA, AND ALL THAT IN THEM IS." INDEX. Agave, 147. Ammonites, appearance of, 58. profusion of, 65. Amphibia, foot-prints of, 52, 56. Anoplotherium, 69. Antediluvian hypothesis, 9. untenable, 51. Babbage, Mr., opinions of, 25. Babiroussa, 262. Bamboo, 134. Banyan, 164. Barnacle, development of, 217. Basalt, formation of, 66, 91. Beaches, raised, 83. Beard, 284. Beetle, egg of, 310. Belemnites, 58. Bignonia, 168. Birds, earliest, 69. gigantic, 82. feathers of, 253. Blackwood, opinions of, 9. Blocks, transport of, 78. Blood, 275, 285. Bones, structure of, 279. Botryllus, metamorphoses of, 222. Brachionus, eggs of, 321. Bracts, development of, 166. Brown, Rev. J. M., opinions of, 9. Bulbs, growth of, 153, 156. Buprestis, 214. Butterflies, eggs of, 307. Butterfly-flower, 150. Cabbage-palm, 144. Carboniferous deposits, 44. Case-flies, 209. Cassowary, 252. Caverns, bone, 76, 88. Ceiba, 174. Cephalaspis, 44. Chalk formation, 64. Chalmers, Dr., opinions of, 19. Chronology of globe, 30, 339. Circularity of organic life, 113, 336, 351. Clavagella, 225. Coal, age of, 50. extent of, 46. origin of, 47. Coccus, economy of, 315. Cockburn, Rev. Sir W., opinions of, 14. Cockroach, egg-case of, 318. Conybeare, Dr., opinions of, 20. Coprolites, 60. Coral polypes, 40, 41, 45. activity of, 86. Couch-grass, 135. Cow, circular life of, 121. Cowry, 231. Crab, metamorphosis of, 216. Crag and tail, 55. formation, 75. Crinoids, abundance of, 58. Creation, extent of, 22. fact of, 110. law of, 337, 368. periods of, 15. What is it? 123. Cribella, metamorphosis of, 321. Crocodile, 248. Cuckoo-fly, egg of, 309. Cumbrian formations, 36. Currents, oceanic, 356.