Vlll PREFACE. 



several of the Lake-habitations themselves, and par- 

 ticularly those at Merges, Thonon, Wauwyl, Moossee- 

 dorf, and the Pont de Thiele. In addition to many 

 minor excursions, I had, finally, last spring, the 

 advantage of spending some time with Mr. Christy, 

 among the celebrated bone-caves of the Dordogne. 

 Thus by carefully examining the objects themselves, 

 and the localities in which they have been found, I 

 have endeavoured to obtain a more vivid and correct 

 impression of the facts than books, or even museums, 

 alone could have given. 



To the more strictly archaeological part of the 

 work I have added a chapter on the Manners and 

 Customs of Modern Savages, confining myself to 

 those tribes which are still, or were, when first visited 

 by travellers, ignorant of the use of metal, and which 

 have been described by competent and trustworthy 

 observers. This account, short and incomplete as it 

 is, will be found, I think, to throw some light on the 

 remains of savage life in ages long gone by. 



Fully satisfied that religion and science cannot in 

 reality be at variance, I have striven in the present 

 publication to follow out the rule laid down by the 

 Bishop of London, in his excellent lecture delivered 

 last year at Edinburgh, The man of science, says Dr. 



