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1797, found flint weapons, of the same type as those of Amiens, 

 in a fresh-water formation in Suffolk, in conjunction with 

 elephant remains ; and nearly a hundred years earlier (1715), 

 another tool of the same kind had been exhumed from the 

 gravel of London, together with bones of an elephant ; to 

 all which examples I shall allude more fully in the sequel. 



I may conclude this chapter by quoting a saying of Pro 

 fessor Agassiz, 'that whenever a new and startling fact is 

 brought to light in science, people first say, " it is not true," 

 then that " it is contrary to religion," and lastly, " that every 

 body knew it before." ' 



If I were considering merely the cultivators of geology, I 

 should say that the doctrine of the former co-existence of 

 man with many extinct mammalia had already gone through 

 these three phases in the progress of every scientific truth 

 towards acceptance. But the grounds of this belief have not 

 yet been fully laid before the general public, so as to enable 

 them fairly to weigh and appreciate the evidence. I shall 

 therefore do my best in the next three chapters to accomplish 

 this task. 



