...Afliton Lever, and it therefore is probably now in Parkinfon's Muieum. The fituation in which thefe weapons were found may tempt us to refer them to a...very remote period indeed ; even beyond that of the prefent world \ but, whatever our conjectures on that head may be, it will be difficult to account...

...the use of metals " — and owing to the situation in which they were found, he was almost tempted to refer them " to a very remote period indeed — even beyond that of the present world." Geology had scarcely become a science, it must be remembered, when these remarkable words were written.*...

...had been made in the science of geology. Mr. Frere's suggestion, that " the situation in which the weapons were found may tempt us to refer them to a very remote period indeed," was fully borne out by the facts which I was able to adduce, and which were to my mind of a most striking...

...weapons of war, fabricated arid used by a people who had not the use of metals ; " and he is " tempted to refer them to a very remote period indeed, even beyond that of the present world." He anticipated Boucher dePerthes's observations by fifty year?, and his memory deserves being rescued...

...had been made in the science of geology. Mr. Frere's suggestion, that " the situation in which the weapons were found may tempt us to refer them to a very remote period indeed," was fully borne out by the facts which I was able to adduce, and which were to my mind of a most striking...

...Their association witli the bones of extinct animals is distinctly stated, and their date referred ' to a very remote period, indeed even beyond that of the ' present world ; ' a conclusion as definite as any at which even in the present day we seem able to arrive. The idea...

...found in the gravel of ffoxne, in Suffolk, England, and he remarked, " the situation in which they are found may tempt us to refer them to a very remote...period indeed, even beyond that of the present world !" They were found in a gravel bed two feet thick and twelve * feet below the surface. Little or no...

...found in the gravel of Hoxne, in Suffolk, England, and he remarked, "the situation in which they are found may tempt us to refer them to a very remote...period indeed, even beyond that of the present world !" They were found in a gravel bed two feet thick and twelve feet below the surface. Little or no notice,...

...remark : . . . " Fabricated and used by a people who had not the use of metals . . . The situation in which these weapons were found may tempt us to...period indeed, even beyond that of the present world." Thus, even at the commencement of the present century, they were in possession, in England, of proofs...

...himself to have been so much struck by the situation in which the implements were found us to be tempted to refer them " to a very remote period indeed ; even beyond that of the present world." Mr. Frere states that the implements or weapons, as he terms them, lay in great numbers at the depth...