HAMILTON SCIENTIFIC ASS0CtATl02^. 2^ 



the front feet. In succeeding periods these toes gradually clianged 

 — one disappeared up the leg as a splint, and two side ones short- 

 ened up, lost their hoofs, and are now mere splints. Monkeys go 

 far back into the Eocene period. Apes appear in the Miocene. No 

 human remains, either bones or implements, are found in these de- 

 posits. 



TJien should follow a history of the Glacial period and of Pre- 

 historic man — Palaeolithic and Neolithic ; but this paper, already 

 too long, must be brought to a close with a bare reference to some 

 thoughts suggested. 



Does the study of geology discredit the story of creation ? 

 Does it do away with the necessity of a Creator ? To my mind it 

 makes the work of creation all the more wonderful. The account 

 of creation in Genesis is the nearest popular account in literature. 

 It suggests a gradual development. The latest idea put forward 

 by eminent scientists is that all Force is an expression of the will 

 of Gcd. 



" In the beginning God created " " God saw that it was 



good." 



" How manifold are thy works, O God ! In wisdom hast thou 

 made them all." 



[ The above is a report or summary of an address delivered on Nov. 

 9, 1905— -not Nov., 190S, as inadvertently stated at com,mencement,] 



