78 OBJECTIONS TO THE PHOENICIAN THEORY. 



On the whole, then, though there is, I think, ample evi- 

 dence to prove that the general use of bronze weapons and 

 implements characterizes a well-marked epoch in history, it 

 must also be admitted that we have still very much to learn 

 in regard to this interesting phase in the development of 

 European civilization, and the race by whom the knowledge 

 of metals was introduced into our Continent. 



