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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 56, 6 March 1877, Page 4

Thb Relics of Eden— Writing of Dr. Schliemann 's discoveries iv the Troad the "New. York Times" says s :--- --" Great as is the interest which attaches to the hair pios of Helen, and the finetoothed comb of Paris, there are those who feel tbat Dr. Schliemaun has dug quite long enought at Troy, and that he ought to exercise bis remarkable genius in other fields. He is just the man to dig on the site of the Garden of Eden, and to reclaim the articles of personal property which our first parents left behind in the suddenness of their departure. He would not have the sligtest difficulty in determining the exact locality to the primeval paradise. All he would think it necessary to do would to be to visit the Plain of Mesopotamia ; to pick out a good-sized garden spot, and to announce that be bad fixed the exact position of the Garden of Eden. Then he would begin to dig and to discover with the energy and success which bas hitherto characterised him. He would then lay bare the asphalt paths over which Adam was accustomed to walk, and -would find his lawn-roller and sickle in a rusty but still easily recognisable condition As soon as the excavations became large enough to warrant a map, he would constuct one calculated to bring tears to the eyes of the most hardened geologist. On that map would be marked the position of the apple tree which Eve had such melancholy cause to remember, together witb a dotted line * Probable rout of the serpent in entering and retiring from the garden." That same valaable map would also show ' Adam's Swimming Pool, the ' Birthplace of Eve.' * The Croquet Ground,' and the ' Sartorial Fig Tree/ As for relics, Schliemann would find them to order for the use of clergymen's families and Sundayschools. Figleaf aprons would be picked up be lho sharp-eyed searcher on every hedge. Small fish bones, 'suppose to bave been used as hairpins;' polished bits of tomato canß, labelled 'hand mirrors,' and innumerable quantitise of agricultural tools and packaget of Weathersfield gardeu iseeds would be sent to Europe and America by the shipload, and if somebody were to order a slip from the original apple tree, Dr. Sohliemann would send out more young apple tress in the course of two years tlian the united nurseries of Long Island would furnish in 10."