OF THE HAMILTON ASSOCIATION, ^2^ 



SO placed shows that these articles must have belonged to the tribe, 

 and must have been obtained in the way of trade. 



Third : In addition to implements of war, or agriculture, or 

 the material for their manufacture, we frequently find many articles 

 of a tender nature, such as shells, mica, etc., and which would, from 

 their composition, be destroyed by the rough usage they would 

 naturally be subjected to if transported by any other means than by 

 man. 



In the second division, I have just shewn that from the posi- 

 tions in which the various articles have been found, they must have 

 been placed in these positions by man ; that no geological changes 

 of any known description could have so placed them. 



I will now try and shew you that from the very nature of the 

 articles themselves man must have carried them from place to place 

 in a very careful manner, and accordingly must have valued them 

 highly. 



All savage or rude peoples delight in ornamenting themselves ; 

 even the lowest classes of humanity are not without vanity in this 

 direction. 



Savage peoples are vain of the personal appearance, and what- 

 ever may be the standard of their ideal, they are ready to undergo 

 any amount of what, to us, would appear inconvenience, and suffer 

 acute pain to produce the desired effect. Thus we find the different 

 peoples of the present unciviUzed world fond of finery. Searching 

 after his ideal beauty, we find the native of the Hermit group decor- 

 ating himself with bracelets of large seashells, ornaments of a 

 similar character around his neck and in his ears, piercing the 

 septum of his nose, and suspending from it the teeth of a dog, or 

 running a long piece of bone through it from side to side ; hanging 

 human arm bones covered with feathers down his back, and painting 

 himself in various colors. Again, we find the native of New 

 Guinea staining his hair with red powder, adorning his flat nose with 

 a pair of boar's tusks, and otherwise decorating himself with the 

 bones of the cassowary and dog. 



The inhabitant of Wottan perforates his ears with large holes, 

 from which he suspends enormous earrings, ties a band of plaited 

 grass around his arm, and suspends from it a bunch of feathers or 

 hair. 



