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been found together ; also that the stone implements of New 
Zealand might as justly be termed pre-historic as those of 
Britain or Denmark,, as the latter were made when history 
flourished in other parts, whether in Assyria or Egypt, if not 
as late as in Greece or Rome. » 
In addition to arrow-heads, stone axes, &c., there are several 
fragments of ancient Celtic clothing found in Germany ; the 
dose resemblance they bear to those of New Zealand is very 
striking, in fact the weaving, if it can be called such, is almost 
identical. The Indian floor matting is a near approach to it ; 
the fibres of flax are laid in parallel lines, and joined together 
at a greater or less distance by a seam ; there were fragments 
of several kinds, some much finer than others, resembling the 
best Maori mats, others much coarser, like the common ones. 
REMNANTS OF ANCIENT CELTIC CLOTHING. 
Those fragments of ancient clothing were found amongst 
what philologists call the Indo-Germanic races, and certainly 
they have such an Indian character about them, as most 
closely to resemble their matting of the present day, the 
form and manner of making which, the off-sets of that race, 
in their remote migrations, long possessed, when almost 
