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Is it not probable that during the Glacial period the tropical regions of the 
earth were intensely hot and unsuitable for the abode of man, as though the 
angel with the flaming sword drove man from the garden of Eden there situated ? 
again, was not the unstable condition of the earth sufficient to make Cain a 
fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and that devoid of rain the ground 
should not yield her strength ? Do we not read of Tubal Cain who instructed 
his fellows to work in brass and iron P Mark, brass first, then iron. And may 
we not direct attention to God’s covenant with man after the Flood not again 
to destroy the earth with a flood, and explain His setting the bow in the heavens 
as a token of His covenant ? — at which it is grievous to hear sneers from those 
who profess to believe in Christianity. It is probable that during the Glacial 
period the sky was cloudless in the temperate zone ; we read that when God 
formed man He had not caused it to rain on the earth, but a mist went up 
from the earth. Is it not very probable that until after the termination of the 
Glacial period the rainbow had never appeared in the sky in man’s time ? 
It seems to me impossible to estimate actual time from any facts which 
geology presents, but there is nothing in the geological records which should 
lead us to distrust the records of Scripture. 
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REMARKS BY THE REV. J. MAGENS MELLO, M.A., F.G.S. 
The subject brought before us by Professor Hughes is undoubtedly one of 
very great interest, and I venture to send a few remarks which have occurred 
to me in connection with it. His criticisms upon the evidence offered in 
support of Miocene and Pliocene man seem to be thoroughly sound, and the 
evidence adduced proved to be valueless. In confirmation of what he has 
said regarding the supposed basket-work from Diirnten, I may add that 1 
have frequently seen upon the sea-shore such rolled fragments of wood, 
softened and shaped by the waves ; I have noticed them in abundance at 
Hastings, and also at Whitby and elsewhere ; and where there happens to be 
much clay they may often be seen embedded in it, and if matted together 
they would undoubtedly leave their impressions upon each other’s surfaces. 
I believe I may state that Professor Dawkins does not accept the theory 
of the human origin of the Diirnten basket-work. 
As to the Pre-glacial man of the Victoria Cave, it seems hardly worth while 
now to discuss the question whether the clay is a glacial deposit in situ 
or a remanie, since the bone of contention can no longer be considered 
human. Any evidence of man’s antiquity drawn from the amount of stalag- 
mite which may overlie bones or implements is, I think, altogether untrust- 
worthy. So many varying circumstances affect the rate of the formation of 
