170 CHRONOLOGY. 



Some attempts have, indeed, been made to obtain a more 

 definite chronology, and they will be alluded to in a later 

 chapter. Though we must not conceal from ourselves the 

 imperfection of the archaeological record, still we need not 

 despair of eventually obtaining some approximate chrono- 

 logy. Our knowledge of primitive antiquity has made an 

 enormous stride in the last ten years, and we may fairly look 

 forward with hope to the future. 



The Swiss archaeologists are continuing their labors, and 

 they may rest assured that we in England await with interest 

 the result of their investigations. Few things can be more 

 interesting than the spectacle of an ancient and long-for- 

 gotten people thus rising, as it were, to take that place which 

 properly belongs to it in the history of the human race. 



