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Pcrli.ips, therefore, we are scarcely in a position to state that any sharp lino 

 of (leiuarcation absolutely severs the drift implements from thoso of the caves, 

 or the implements of the caves from those of the surfixce. In pakeontolou^v the 

 rare types of one period become the prevalent forms of another, in this respect 

 presenting an analogy to the objects of the stone age. If wo assnme that tho 

 drift-folk 'Hhonght out" the form of their weapons and the mode of their manu- 

 facture in a manner entirely ditt'ering from what has been done by any other race 

 of men, we are driven to the conclusion that there must have been also some- 

 thing wholly different in the drift-j)eople themselves, or in the conditions under 

 which they existed, for all later evidence tends to show that the workini;-s of 

 liumau minds and human hands in the stone age have produced very similar 

 results in every quarter of the ijlobe. 



Be this as it may, the collection in the Blackmore Jfuseum will remain what 

 it is now, an assemblage of facts, however incorrectly we or other men may 

 interpret them, and as such, the collection must ever retain its ethnological value, 

 even should our present theories prove to l>e erroneous. The collection resem- 

 bles so mn(;h sound material ready -quarried and lit for use, with which men can 

 build — any errors in style, construction, or taste, must necessarily rest with tho 

 ai'chitect. 



ARRANGEMENT. 



The arrangement of the collection is far from being completed ; as soon as 

 possible, labels will be attached to the specimens and a list will be published, to 

 be followed hereafter by an illustrated and descriptive catalogue. 



CLASSIFICATION. 



The classification adopted is as follows : 



^ f Fauna of "the Drift'' — Euglantl. 



Flint implements from "the Drift "—France. 



" " " England. 



Fauna of the Dordogne caves — France. 



" caves in the Pyrenees — France. 



" "Genista" caves — Gibraltar. 



Flint implements and objects of hiuiiau workmanship in bone, antler of reindeer, &c. 



— Dordogne caves, France 

 " " caves of the Pyrenees, France. 



" " " " " " Genista caves," Gibraltar. 





Surface series, (rubbed stone group.) 

 f Flint and stone implements, &c., from England, Ireland, France, Denmark, Italy, 

 Arabia, East Indies, South Africa, America, «feo. 

 Pfahlbauten series — ywitzerland. 



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Surface scries, {drilicd slone group.) 

 Stone hatchets and other objects from America, Ireland, and Denmark. 



Surface scries, (carved and drilled slone group.) 

 ^ Pipes and other objects from tho mounds of Ohio — America. 



Bronze series. 

 Bronze hatchets, spear heads, and personal ornaments, from England, Ireland, 

 France, and America. 



[ro7i scries. 

 Iron swords and spear-heads— England, France. 



Illustralire series. 

 Modern stone irni)lements, chiefly in tho original handles— New Zealand, Australia 

 Islands of tho Pacitic, Esquimaux, &-c. 



