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eternal way of All a h that occasionally He manifests rare wonders along with that which is of common occurrence. There are many instances of this, but it would take too long to set them down. Hippocrates, in one of his books of medicine, has mentioned certain cases known to him of people who were suffering from diseases which, ac- cording to the laws of medicine and the experience of physicians, were not susceptible of treatment and who yet recovered their health. Concerning these cases, he has noted that their recovery was due to some rare heavenly or earthly effects. We wish to add that this phenomenon of common occur- rence and rare occurrence is not confined to man alone, but is to be discovered among other species also. For instance, A k —swallow wort—is bitter and poisonous, but sometimes after a long period, it produces a vegetable which is very sweet and delicious. A person who has never seen it and has always associated swallow wort with extreme bitter- ness, is bound to regard the new vegetable we have mentioned, as a contravention of the law of nature. In the same way, among other species also, after a long time, a rare quality is manifested. A short while ago, in Mu z affar- garh a he-goat was found which yielded milk like a she- goat. When this became generally known in the town, Mr. Macauliffe, the Deputy Commissioner of Mu z affargarh, sent for the he-goat deeming it contrary to the law of nature that it should be yielding milk. When the he-goat was milked in his presence it yielded about three pints of milk. . . . Three serious-minded, trustworthy and respectable gentle- men testified before me that they had seen some men who yielded milk like women…. Some people have observed a female silkworm laying eggs without the intervention of a male, these eggs were hatched in the normal manner. Some 70