278 ABORIGINES OF NEWFOUNDLAND.

The relics of the Boeothics, which Mr Cormack brought to England, are exceedingly interesting to all those who take an interest in the study of man, and who would trace his progress from his rude and natural state to what we consider civilisation.

The Indians employed by the Bocothic Institution have been unsuccessful in their journeys, and it is now believed that the tribe is extinct. A very few may possibly still exist in the most hidden and Wild places, among deep ravines, or in dark inaccessible solitudes, determined never to appear again in the presence of Europeans.