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I see there are several points raised by Mr Cunnington, upon 

 which I have not touched, to which I could give a flat contra- 

 diction if space and patience allowed. It is useless to refer to his 

 reading of the four specimens figured, seeing the conclusions must 

 be worse than useless when drawn from such invalid postulates. I 

 must, however, in conclusion, raise a protest against the misleading 

 way in which Mr Cunnington brings Sir John Evans to his support. 

 May I not ask if the communication which he cites does not refer 

 to some particular specimens and not to all and everything that has 

 been found upon the plateau ? I can say that I have shown 

 specimens to Sir John which, to use his own words, " no one need 

 be ashamed of." I am further in the position to state that Sir 

 John, instead of supporting this last glacial nightmare, like every- 

 body else that I know utterly rejects it. I sincerely trust my 

 esteemed old fellow-worker will not consider I have been hard 

 upon him ; but were I to hold my tongue when a cause in which 

 one has laboured so hard, unremittingly, and conscientiously, and with 

 perfectly unbiassed mind is so misstated — one feels it difficult not 

 to say outraged — the very stones themselves would cry out. 



W. J. Lewis Abbott. 



