(This Chapter of the Autobiography of Methuselah is made up entirely of fragments.

The manuscript of the preceding chapters was found in fine condition, and entirely unobliterated by the passage of the centuries since it was written, but beginning at this point cracks appear, and in some places such complete fractures as make the continuity of the narrative impossible.

The fragments have been as carefully deciphered as the complete chapters, however, and are here presented for what they are worth.) AS TO WOMEN The position of woman among us will doubtless prove of interest to posterity.

Our matrimonial laws are not all that they should be, in my judgment, though there are men who consider them as nearly perfect as they can be made.

The idea that the best way for a young man to declare his love for a young girl is to hit her on the head with a wooden club and then run off with her before she regains consciousness has never received my approval, and never will.