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stock of archaeological goods in American hands ; and 

 the zeal for collecting relics is evidently on the in- 

 crease. 



In Cincinnati, which is a somewhat noted place 

 for large collections of " Indian Relics " in individual 

 hands, can be found cabinets embracing thousands of 

 specimens, and nearly all were obtained in Ohio and 

 Kentucky. Mr. Thomas Cleariey has paid thousands 

 of dollars for his exceedingly rich and rare collection. 

 Dr. H. H. Hill has made exchanges with European 

 collections, so that his cabinet is quite interesting by 

 the intermixture of foreign patterns. Among these 

 importations are stone axes having a hole drilled for 

 the fixation of the handle, as in our modern steel 

 axes. 



In Europe an attempt has been made, with a 

 rational degree of success, to divide the " Stone Age " 

 of savage man into the Palaeolithic and Neolithic 

 periods. It is not denied that the one reached into 

 the other, and continued as such while the other was 

 progressing, but the former is presumed to represent 

 the earliest and crudest productions of savage man, 

 the stone implements being rough and ill-shapen, 

 while the products of the Neolithic period are polished 

 and more artistic in form. In America no such dis- 

 tinction has been drawn by archaeologists, though a 

 rude and unpolished axe is pronounced to be the pro- 

 duction of the " Palaeolithic Age." It may be sug- 

 gested that the earliest savage men came to this coun- 

 try from Europe, and their migrations may have oc- 

 curred during the Neolithic period, consequently relics 

 of the Palaeolithic period need not be looked for on 

 this continent. But, specimens of handiwork ob- 

 tained from modern savages in various parts of the 



