On Stone Implements from Nova Scotia and Canada, and on the Use of Copper Implements by the Aborigines of Nova Scotia

In the introductory chapter of " Acadian Geology," Principal Dawson says-"Nothing can be more striking to anyone acquainted with the American Indian than the entire similarity of the traces of pre-historic man in Europe to those which remain of the primitive condition of the American Aborigines . . ..; and it seems evident that if these pre-historic remains are ever to be correctly interpreted by European antiquaries, they must avail themselves of American light for their guidance. . . .One can scarcely open any European book on this subject, or glance at any of the numerous articles and papers on this fertile theme in scientific journals, without wishing that those who discuss pre-historic man in Europe knew a little more of his analogue in America."While I would not put the matter in this somewhat exaggerated form, the value of a comparative survey of the implements used by pre-liistoric tribes, located in widely separated geographical areas, will be, acknowledged by all.It