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And if their mechanical tools and farming implements are 
indications of their assiduous labour, are they not a direct 
proof that their line of improvement was in the same direc- 
tion which their successors advanced, and which we are 
following at the present time ? But probably the evidence of 
their appreciation of personal ornaments, which were elegant 
in design, assisted by a variation of colour and careful execu- 
tion, although they were merely made of flint, is the strongest 
proof that they had attained a degree of social improvement 
which placed all human happiness within their reach ; for 
illiterate savages are not manufacturers of works of art, but 
for ever remain content with natural productions to decorate 
their persons, and no people would commence with the 
beautiful and ascend to the useful arts, but, on the contrary, 
their first attention would be turned to the means of 
existence, and be followed by the gratification of taste. 
DRESS ORNAMENTS. 
I described the existence of dress-fastenings in my last 
Paper, but I went no farther at that time, because my 
collection of ornaments was by no means perfect. I have 
been fortunate in finding many more relics of this kind 
during this season. They consist of the dress-fastenings of 
various kinds, and of several patterns of brooches and breast- 
pins, and larger forms of worked flints, which were worn as 
ornaments. One of the commonest patterns of brooches is 
formed of a piece of flint, straight across the upper part, 
from two to three inches long, with a pointed or round 
projection nearly in the centre below, leaving the two ends 
extended for fastening to the dress ; one of these ends being 
slightly pointed and longer than the other. There are large 
and small sizes of this pattern. 
Another represents an obtuse angle of flint, half an inch 
wide, and a variety of other sizes. 
