Note 53 — Chapter III · OBVERSE À PRIORI PRINCIPLE.

I was here thinking only of the cases which are general among insects, but it seems that vertebrate animals, too, furnish cases. Mr. Cunningham writes:—“There is a curious instance of this in the Conger: the female grows to 6 or 7 feet long and a weight of 60 lbs. and upwards and then ceases to feed for 6 months while the eggs develop, and when the eggs are shed dies.”