“Then came the Tertiary period, the age of mammoths, with all kinds of animals _except man_. The fossils of these are found at a depth of from two hundred to two thousand feet below the present surface. Many noted scientists positively assert that there lived at this period human beings of a very primitive type, and say the order given in the Bible is out of place, but I cannot agree with them, for no remains of man have ever been found to exist with these, and it is but reasonable to suppose that considering his bones are of similar substance to those of other animals and of fishes, _his_ remains could not have completely vanished while theirs have been left to fossilise. As a matter of fact, no _human_ fossils, bones, implements, or indeed any other human relics are, or ever have been, found lower than two hundred feet below the present surface. The argument, therefore, is entirely in favour of the Bible sequence of events—for man to be uncreated at this period. “But after all these (to man) harmful creatures had died off, their places in the ordinary course being taken by others more suited to the quieter time, and over which man could have rule, _then_, and not before, was man created and given dominion over every living and moving thing—which brings us to the present era, when man, as a race, has for a time power to subdue the whole of the vegetable and animal creation, and according to the manner in which the privilege is used, so will posterity and the future of the world suffer, or benefit.” “Then you believe the Bible story absolutely as written?” said Godfrey, much impressed. “How can I do otherwise, when I can only prove its correctness, search as I may to find it faulty?” replied Sorrel, with fervour. “I do believe the story most assuredly, as certainly as I believe that this sun will be peopled in time as Earth is now.” “You really believe that, Sorrel!” asked Godfrey. “Tell me how, for I have never considered the question of creation in so serious an aspect before. If these changes come gradually, what causes them?”