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to within a short time, to bring such materials together, ta 
examine critically their mode of occurrence, or to make any 
comparisons between them and similar remains from other 
parts of the world. Indeed, with the exception of a single 
article, contained in the Proceedings of this Society, no pub- 
lication bearing upon the subject of the early inhabitants of 
this region exists. The opportunities of the authors to supply 
this want have been less than they could wish, but the material 
already in hand has proved to be so large as to render impos- 
sible its full presentation in a single paper. In this article it 
is accordingly proposed to consider chiefly such information 
as has been afforded by inland localities, leaving for a second 
paper a description of such as are found upon the sea-board. 
Though such a division is not an exclusive one, a variety of 
similar articles being found in both situations, yet, as will 
hereafter appear, it is, to some extent, a natural one, as the 
conditions of life in the two cases were somewhat dissimilar, 
and there are many contrasts in the relics which they respec- 
tively furnish. 
NATURE OF THE MATERIALS. 
The articles to be hereinafter described, and all of which 
are believed to be of pre-historic origin, may be most conven- 
iently classified with reference to the substances composing 
them, as follows: 
Group I. — Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Stone ; 
Arrow-heads. 
Lance-heads, spear-heads. 
Axes and hatchets. 
Gouges and chisels. 
Celts. 
Corn-crushers. 
Scrapers. 
Hammer-stones. 
Net-sinkers. 
Ornaments. 
Idols and sculptured stones.. 
Drilled stones. 
Flakes 
Hearth-stones. 
:-stones. 
