PRIMEVAL MAN. 



upon a method of treatment much more in- 

 adequate and incomplete. 



I propose in this, and in some following 

 chapters, to set forth the reasoning upon 

 which these convictions rest. 



There are, however, some preliminary con- 

 siderations which it may be well to deal with 

 before proceeding farther. 



It will be observed that both arguments 

 are avowedly conducted irrespective of any 

 belief in the Mosaic narrative of Creation. 

 They both profess to be purely scientific ; 

 that is, founded on natural knowledge, and 

 using for the discovery of truth such facts 

 and inferences as are ascertainable by reason. 

 Whately expressly says that in his argument 

 . he has not appealed to the Book of Genesis 



