Lubbock's facts against his theory. 177 



once practised and of knowledge once pos- 

 sessed, must inevitably have arisen among 

 tribes driven into inhospitable regions. But 

 there are other facts also referred to by Sir 

 J. Lubbock himself, which show that there 

 are cases in which we have proof of this 

 process having actually taken place. Thus, 

 in regard to the Eskimo, he quotes the case 

 of a tribe in Baffin's Bay who *' could not 

 be made to understand what was meant by 

 war, nor had they any warlike weapons."* 

 No wonder, poor people ! They had been 

 driven into regions where no stronger race 

 could desire to follow them. But that their 

 fathers had once known what war and 

 violence meant, there is no more conclusive 



* "Prehistoric Times," p. 410. 

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