. Vanishing England . knowledgeof the history and manners and customs of the earlyinhabitants of our island has been gained by these investi-gations. Year by year this knowledge grows owing tothe patient labours of industrious antiquaries, and perhapsour predecessors would not mind very much the disturb-ing of their remains, if they reflected that we are gettingto know them better by this means, and are almost onspeaking terms with the makers of stone axes, celts and PREHISTORIC REMAINS 209 arrow-heads, and are great admirers of their skill andingenuity. It is important that all these monument
. Vanishing England . knowledgeof the history and manners and customs of the earlyinhabitants of our island has been gained by these investi-gations. Year by year this knowledge grows owing tothe patient labours of industrious antiquaries, and perhapsour predecessors would not mind very much the disturb-ing of their remains, if they reflected that we are gettingto know them better by this means, and are almost onspeaking terms with the makers of stone axes, celts and PREHISTORIC REMAINS 209 arrow-heads, and are great admirers of their skill andingenuity. It is important that all these monuments oantiquity should be carefully preserved, that plans shouldbe made of them, and systematic investigations under-taken by competent and skilled antiquaries. The oldstone monuments and the later Celtic crosses should berescued from serving such purposes as brook bridges,stone walls, stepping-stones, and gate-posts and rearedagain on their original sites. They are of national im-portance, and the nation should do Ml;1-,;! P
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