...when known at all it is always abundant, and it possesses"two qualitie's ; namely, those of being easv to break, and yet difficult to destroy, which render...useful should ever have been lost by any race of men. Again, this argument applies to several other arts and instruments. I will mention only two, though...

...archreological point of new. Moreover, it is in most cases associated with burials. It is, therefore, a verv significant fact, that no fragment of pottery has...and so useful should ever have been lost by any race ot men. Again, this argument applies to several other arts and instruments. I will mention only two,...

...indestructible ; when used at all, it is always abundant, and it possesses two qualities — those, namely, of being easy to break and yet difficult to destroy,...forward. The art of spinning and the use of the bow arc quite unknown to many races of savages, and yet would hardly be likely to have been abandoned,...

...indestructible ; when used at all, it is always abundant, and it possesses two qualities — those, namely, of being easy to break and yet difficult to destroy,...forward. The art of spinning and the use of the bow arc quite unknown to many races of savages, and yet would hardly be likely to have been abandoned,...

...forgotten fragments of pottery would still exist — if nowhere else, at least in burial-places ; but no fragment of pottery has ever been found in Australia, New Zealand, or the Polynesian Islands ; and many races of savages are entirely unacquainted with the art of spinning or the use of the bow....

...when known at all it is always abundant, and it possesses two qualities ; namely, those of being easv to break, and yet difficult to destroy, which render...and so useful should ever have been lost by any race ot men. Again, this argument applies to several other arts and instruments. I will mention only two,...