IN THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. 73 



of its long, slow and gradual development ; and of our lack of 

 knowledge about any number of its incidents. And I hope I have 

 carried out my main purpose, whcih is to show that the discovery 

 of America is not in the least the single occurrence it is popularly 

 supposed to be, but that it is an evolution, and an evolution tinged 

 throughout with mystery. 



