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comments, by Sir C. Lyell, at the meeting of the 

 British Association, for 1859. Upon this the 

 reviewer remarks, u lt may be inferred that man 

 has lived on earth for at least ten times the 

 time, he is supposed to have done." He continues, 

 "that, although the inference cannot be regarded 

 as certain, there is a strong probability that the 

 men who made the celts, were contemporaneous 

 with the mammoth, rhinoceros, etc." And fur- 

 ther, and to this paragraph I beg to draw 

 particular attention, as it illustrates the mode of 

 reasoning adopted by Mr. Darwin, as well as his 

 supporters : 



u Now when due weight is given to these, (that 

 is, the uncertain inferences,) and other considera- 

 tions, it becomes very difficult to form any con- 

 ception, as to the introduction of new types of 

 organic life in any other mode than by descent, 

 with modification, from those previously existing." 



I need not, I am sure, dwell upon these celts. 

 They have never yet been found to occupy any 

 stratum, in which they could not have been 

 buried by the ancient people, who used them as 

 spear heads. Professor Henslow has several which 

 I gave him, and which were found in the gravel- 

 beds in Suffolk, mingled with bones of the 

 mammoth and rhinoceros. Surely we are not 

 called upon to foundan argument against special 

 creation, upon such facts as these? 



3rd. The reviewer is, I think, inconsistent 

 in supporting Mr. Darwin's views, and then 

 scouting his deductions. He thinks it may 



