PART III. ■ 



THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN. 



T N passing from the subject of Man's Origin 

 to the subject of his Antiquity, we pass 

 from almost total darkness to a question 

 which is comparatively accessible to reason 

 and open to research. Evidence bearing upon 

 this question may be gathered along several 

 different walks of science, and these are all 

 found tending in one direction, and pointing to 

 one general result. First comes the evidence 

 of History, embracing under that name all 



