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sssza* u II nuch hx>d ~ork rdmx,ned % bo ddao'
before tho speculation hA. tAs Determining
causca OF tho succession Of tdr ASas Of stoas,
lrpnxe. and iron were ezaH-1l ah2u ta u clsar
ri9'4: TO hse credit it oounosly roeeives- Al
the evidence tends 10 hlAow al the prohA 1t'hs
Ac that tic li8hi y with II: We bas atata cur
impression Of this lstest md completed exposl-
ton Of the evidence uhen wo 4.y tint Ne ts.l'
hss yek 10 10 formally made out.
OF the nnass Of interesting facts comprised
in tho second division Of the work We can hora
take tho most cutsory nohce only, Ihs amount
edge OF detail requisite for the production OF
Chapters v to XIII. Of the bouf, No should
fail to convey 10 the reader my idea Of. Thasa
chapters wiz bo 1esd by iii who take an inter
est in this clAsa Of Investigations, md only
thoee readers will sppreci.se tho merit OF the
hsudis g~iftiJ and Clearly gToA& bodies OF do
tail with The view Of extracting from them
thcil precise import.
On one fact would ~ A1 attention, namely
the state Of art among tho ''caya-uaan-" Tbs
genera result of inquiry respecting these msn
evidence wo have yet obtained from the cAyas
(e1cept, perhxps, tho weil-worked ianoeheAds
OF LAngezia and tadsgouls) points 70 vssy
primitive period, sasller esen thAn that II tbs
ir~t Swiss iake-1iflsges, or that Of the Daniah
shell-moundB- No fragments Of metal ur
ferred With confidence 10 tho heinacer period
In another place he rcmA1ks: ''The want Of
metal, OF poEahed tint implements. and even
OF pottery, the ignorance of agriculture, and
the apparent Absence Of al domestic ani1nalsr
including, even the dog, certainly imply
very considerable antiquity" At PIP. 32]25 We
A1e presented with Epocirneus Of The AT Of
thesA bA1bafouk rnen. The illustrations given
arc here admirable, aa, indeed, they are
throughout the book; and, taking them ~
aecu1zte, 1t il impossible not 70 wonder At
BY people ii = stage 10 low. The circup-
stances under which the drawinga have been
found eeeua, ~e arc told, to guarantee their
authenticity; and il they are authentic they
ehow that progress in souae tine artA may bo
disaociAted from general rrogTeas ii what IL
called civilization, and may be achieved, TO
considerable extent, in viEtun Of n anhczent
power of, md disposition to, imitation ii man
prior to the hrst important sseps being tAken
ID the a1t Of obtaining N eAay and eecure sub
eistence. Sir John Lubbock s1tn: " Although
it is natural 10 feel aotne surprise It finding
these works Of At. still thero arc instances
among recent eA1A8es Of certain ski4 u
drawing and sculpture being Accompanied BY
IN entire ignorance IN mAtalLurgJ." The first
impulse undoubtedly is to yield 70 tho feeling
Of surpriso; but wo as1ee with the authar thai
on consideration, there u no good ground tot
lIAt 1teuhG. Inc 1AcU1Ay u AEs2S1t luAet HAFe
everywhere preceded Enoxlod8e Of the beat
materials for working In; may haTe been Dc,
ve1opel in man to any e1teas, while ~ yet ths
materials he used for li4 psupohee we1a Of the
rudcat and least suitable Kind In othe1
words, man ~ nsn Possesses At IL atages sl,t
huuAn powets. while the progress be makes y
the modce OF e1erc'sing them depena'
IN The ehapter Of Aoeidents very much
That tho cAve-men we're In {>ossesaicu Of Il
their faculties the tools found in the Caves lnt
there drawings woulI be put beEond doubt
| we1e there no other evidence. Assuming thes4
| powcsa 10 have baen not psimortiiA but devel
| oped, the cave men were, 1t least, - fAs re
] moved frum our undevoloped progenison y
! We arc from the cave-men. This chimes Will
what Mr.. Huxley is quoted ~ saying arropoa
Of the Eusis skafl which belonged 70 = eonsssa
extinct rnAmma1iA: "The first traced OF th'
| pfimordial stock whence man has proceeds
need no longer be sought by those who eutef
tain my form Of tho doctrine Of rrogEessiv
! development in the newest teItiaries; but the.
may be looked for in an epoch more distAn
from the sgs Of tho Eaphds pr1mteenias thu
! that il from VI. )"