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At this rate of destruction they cannot last long, so the present generation 
will probably witness the decimation of the animal most characteristic of 
the fauna of North America— one with which the history of our plains, 
pioneers, and trappers is most closely blended.’ ” 
(D.) 
“ Nec nimio turn plus quam nunc, mortalia secla 
Dulcia linquebant labentis lumina vitae. 
Unus enim turn quisque magis deprensus eorum 
Pabula viva feris praebebat dentibus haustus : 
Et nemora ac monteis gemitu, sylvasque replebat, 
Viva videns vivo sepeliri viscera busto.” 
Lucretius, lib. v. 1. 985, et scq. 
(E.) 
“ Nous ne saurions raisonnablement nous refuser a conclure, que les ages 
pretendus de la pierre polie, du bronze et du fer prehistorique se confondent 
ensemble et rentrent en ce qui concerne les gisements riverains de la Saone, 
dans les limites de la periode historique des peuples Europecns.” — Chabas, 
Stations preliist., p. 523. 
“ Lorsque M. Mariette Bey voyait a Abydos les ouvriers de les fouilles se 
faire raser et ecorcher la tete avec un silex, lorsque les Arabes de Qournah 
lui montraient des lances de Bedouines encore arm des de gros silex, il s’est 
cm transportd dans l’age de piei’re, et il est arrivd a cette conclusion ; que 
l’age de pierre a vdcu en Egypte sous les Pharaons, sous les Grecs, et sous 
les Romains, qu’il y a encore vdcu sous les Arabes, et enfin, que dans une 
certaine mesure, il y vit encore .” — Chabas, Etudes, &c., p. 396. 
(F.) 
A clerical friend residing in the district, who is well acquainted with these 
remains and also with those in Brittany, writes me : — 
“ I am sorry you do not seem to have met with one monument of that 
religion far more ancient and remarkable than Stonehenge, namely, the 
temple at Avebury. You speak of Silbury Hill which lies about ono mile 
from the temple. At Avebury the stones are larger than at Stonehenge, and 
the men of its day had not learnt to use a tool to cut stone. The mortise and 
socket of the stones as at Stonehenge marks a progress of several centuries. 
Avebury also is more equal in grandeur to Carnac for size and design. 
Henceforth I must feel the Druids did to the religion which preceded them 
what the Roman Catholics did to Druidism — utilized their monuments and 
called them by the name of the new religion.” 
