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been long periods of partial civilization, each in turn succeeded 

 by a period of barbarism ; and this view seems supported by the 

 occurrence of degraded types of skull, along with such as might 

 have contained the brains of a philosopher, at a time when the 

 mammoth and the Eeindeer were inhabiting Southern France. 

 Nowhere, as Mr. "Wallace has shewn, do we find any trace of 

 Man developing from the Ape, while we find in the Miocene re- 

 mains of Europe, then enjoying a sub-tropical climate, types of 

 every known family of the ape tribe. No, the origin of man, 

 with his faculties, his intellect, and his soul, is a problem that 

 neither geologic or physical research have yet solved. Revela- 

 tion still stands the only key that harmoniously explains his 

 past, his present, and his future. Here we must confess our ig- 

 norance if we will walk unguided by its light, and acknowledge 

 ' ' Thy way is in the sea and Thy path in the great waters, and 

 Thy footsteps are not known." And still, whether we ramble 

 and explore the beauties of nature on our Northumbrian hills 

 and coasts, or whether we work in the study or the laboratory, 

 our motto will be that of Linnaeus, the great father of modern 

 Natural History, which the President of the Zoological Society 

 has again taken as his own. Lord how manifold are Thy 

 works ; in wisdom hast thou made them all. The earth is full 

 of Thy riches. 



JEHOVA 



Quam ampla sunt Tua Opera ! 



Quam sapienter Ea f ecisti ! 



Quam plena est Terra possesslone Tua ! 



David, Psalm ciii., 24. 



