308 EARLY MAN IN BRITAIN. [CHAP. vin. 



progress has been built upon their foundation. Their 

 cereals are still cultivated by the farmer, their domestic 

 animals still minister to us, and the arts of which -they 

 only possessed the rudiments, have developed into the 

 industries spinning, weaving, pottery-making, mining ; 

 without which we can scarcely realise what our lives 

 would be. 



