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circumstances of his arrival in the Islands 

 were such as would have enabled him to bring 

 either corn or cattle with him. Whatever 

 knowledge of these things he had before, 

 must necessarily have been lost. The present 

 condition, therefore, of the Australian Savage 

 in respect to these important elements of 

 civilization, affords no presumption whatever 

 that it represents the condition of those from 

 whom he is descended. There is hardly a 

 single fact quoted by Sir J. Lubbock in 

 favour of his own theory, which, when 

 viewed in connection with the same in- 

 disputable principles, does not tell against 

 that theory rather than in its favour. 

 The facts indeed which I have hitherto 

 quoted prove only that forgetfulness of arts 



