such resemblances, it is safe to
say they do not exist.

As the love of adornment is almost as old as human nature itself, we
may not be surprised to find traces of its sway then. Dr. Rigollot found
little bunches of shells with holes through either end. The supposition
is that these were used as beads; which is not at all strange,
considering how instinctively savage men delight in such ornaments.
These ancient hunters made use of beads partially prepared by nature.

Europe is not the only country where the remains of this savage race are
found. They are found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean in
Northern Africa, and in Egypt. In this latter country they are doubtless
largely buried under the immense deposits of Nile mud; yet in 1878
Professor Haynes discovered in Upper Egypt scrapers and hatchets,
pronounced by archaeologists to be exactly similar to those of the river
Somme. We are not informed as to their geological age, but there can
be no question that they are much older than any monument of Egyptian
civilization hitherto known.<40>

Paleolithic implements have also been found in Palestine and in India.
In the latter country the beds are so situated that they present the
same _indicia,_ of age as do those of the Somme Valley. A great portion
of the formation has been removed, and deep valleys cut in them by
running water.<41> They have also been found in at least one locality
in the United States; that is in the glacial gravel of the valley of the
Delaware at Trenton, New Jersey. We must not confound these remains
with those of the Indian tribes found scattered over a large extent
of surface. Those at Trenton also are not only in all respects, except
materials, similar to those of the Somme, but are found imbedded in a
formation of gravel that was deposited at least as far back as the close
of the Glacial Age, thus requiring the passage of the same long
series of years since they were used, as do the implements of European
rivers.<42> We must also bear in mind that no country has been so
carefully explored for these implements as has Europe, and that the very
country, Asia, where, for many reasons, we might hope to find not only
unequivocal proofs of man's presence but from our discoveries be able
to clear up many dark points, as to the race, origin, and fate of these
primitive tribes, is yet almost a sealed book.

But the scattered discoveries we have instanced show us that the people
whose imple