314 THE PRESENT EVOLUTION OF MAN— MENTAL 



" G9. The next table shows the number who survive 

 to various ages, and proves that the abstainers have a 

 much better prospect of long life — • 



" 70. He also gives a table showing the mean after- 

 lifetime of the members of the same societies, as 

 follows — 



THE AFTER-LIFETIME. 



" 71. Mr. Neison states that, ' at the age of twenty 

 the expectation of life among the Rechabites is more 

 by about four years than the experience of the Odd- 

 fellows and Foresters.' But he goes on to say, that the 

 ' probable lifetime ' is better for comparison, and this 



