Finally, the judgment would be ushered in by mountain phenomena.

The mind of children is still replete with fancies about stones.

They collect luckies, carry them everywhere, and boast where they have been, keep them warm, sometimes in cotton; think sand is baby stones, plant and water them to see if they grow, take them apart from piles that they may not press each other, will not step on them, fish them out of the fire and water, that they may feel more comfortable, give them dirt and sand to eat, believe they rain down or come up from the ground because they are so much more abundant after a shower, pity the little or ugly ones, think them sociable and perhaps put them together, give them names, talk to them, regard rocks as friendly or hostile, protecting or silent wit nesses who could tell, regard them as related if alike, think they appreciate, have moral qualities and are sympathetic, and often regard them as fetishes.

2 For youth this rarely survives even in the realm of play and " make-believe/ although for some it lingers through life.

1 Our data show the following typical changes : i, A sense of the great age or perdurability of stones and rocks comes with the expansion of the time sense; 2, there is a very marked rise of the curve of interest in precious stones and deepened appreciation of their beauty and their different characteristics, often with new superstitions ; 3, the rare and distant are more valued ; 4, the carrying power of association is enhanced, and mementoes and keepsakes have more meaning and are more cherished; 5, monuments, and yet more mountains, are now first really both comprehended and felt, the size of the latter being too great for the child mind; 6, rock and earth come to be the symbol of reality, solid substantiality, and matter gen erally ; and lastly, collections of them are not merely amassed, but ordered and grouped with far more mentality and zest for classification.