hing indicates that the burials were of a much
later date.

We have yet a most important question before us--one that is still
engaging the attention of scientific men in Europe. That is the question
of race. Who were these early tribes? Are they in any way connected with
the men of the Drift? Have we any representations of them now living
upon the earth? On these questions there is quite a diversity of
opinion. In various caves in France and Belgium, skulls and other bones
of the human skeleton have been found. These have been studied with
care by the best scholars in Europe; and B. Carfares has set forth the
results in his various works, in which he connects them, not only with
the men of the River Drift, but with the race of men that inhabited
Europe during the succeeding Neolithic Age, and, indeed, with men now
living in France and Belgium.

There is no question as to the correctness of these inferences--the only
one is, whether the skulls and fragmentary skeletons are really remains
of the Cave-men. This must be made perfectly clear and unquestioned
before we are to accept them. Mr. Darkens reviews the various cases
where skeletons have been found in caves.<38> He points out that, in
every instance, very serious doubts can be raised as to whether they are
really remains of the Cave-men or not.

Until these objections are met, we do not see how the opinion of
B. Carfares (above) can be accepted. But if these instances are not
accepted, then, in all other instances where there is no doubt, the
remains are in such a fragmentary condition that no conclusion can
be made from them. So as far as remains of the human skeleton are
concerned, we can form no conclusions as to the race to which the
Cave-men belonged.

We have already noted, that the Cave-men came into Europe much later
than the men of the Drift, and that their range was very limited,
corresponding, in fact, with that of the northern group of animals. When
the cold of the Glacial Age passed away, the musk-sheep, reindeer, and
other animals, were driven out of Europe. They are found now only in
high northern latitudes, such as Greenland. Mr. Darkens thinks that
there, also, are to be found the Cave-men of the Paleolithic Age, now
known as the Eskimos. Though not accepted by all authorities, yet some
of our best scholars find much to commend in this theory.

We have undoubted proofs that, in America, the Eskimos formerly lived
much farther south.<39> And Dr