LECTURE XII. 369 



But the Bronze people* were also punislied for their forget- 

 fulness. Tubal-Cain was an artificer in brass and iron^ and 

 the Hebrew word "Barsal" in Genesis means iron, and no 

 other metal. Thus Noah^s brother, and the whole family of 

 Noah, were acquainted with brass (bronze) and iron. The 

 Stone people forgot during their migrations both metals, and 

 used horn and stone. They kept their nephrite hatchets, but 

 threw away their bronze knives and iron hatchets, and forgot 

 their use. The Bronze people kept their bronze knives, but 

 cast away the iron tools and forgot their use. That was a 

 great misfortune ; for, after having long dwelt in the habita- 

 tions of their forgetful Stone brothers, the vengeance of God 

 came over them, for the bigheaded Helvetians, also from Asia, 

 came over them, slew them, and burnt them out. 



sancta siin'plicitas ! 



* It is scarcely necessary to remind tlie reader that bronze-people, stone- 

 people, stone-skulls, are mere abbreviations for peoples and skulls belonging 

 to the bronze or stone period. — Editok. 



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