tiff from among the wolves and 

 the jackals, or did he come spon- 

 taneously to us? We cannot telL 

 So far as our human annals 

 stretch, he is at our side, as at 

 present; but what are human an- 

 nals in comparison with the times 

 of which we have no witness? 

 The fact remains that he is there 

 in our houses, as ancient, as rightly 

 placed, as perfectly adapted to our 

 habits as though he had appeared 

 on this earth, such as he now is, 

 at the same time as ourselves. 

 We have not to gain his confi- 



mmx 



