﻿PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  from 
  Cain 
  and 
  Abel, 
  but 
  of 
  the 
  individual 
  men 
  

   who 
  were 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  human 
  beings 
  

   upon 
  earth, 
  then 
  we 
  must 
  suppose 
  that 
  the 
  pos- 
  

   session 
  of 
  domestic 
  animals 
  and 
  acquaintance 
  

   with 
  artificial 
  cultivation 
  were 
  either 
  divinely 
  

   communicated 
  to 
  Man, 
  or 
  instinctively 
  dis- 
  

   covered 
  by 
  him, 
  at 
  once. 
  It 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  so, 
  

   and 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  intention 
  of 
  the 
  narrative 
  

   to 
  assert 
  it 
  ; 
  but, 
  at 
  all 
  events, 
  it 
  is 
  perfectly 
  

   conceivable, 
  that 
  beyond 
  a 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  

   simplest 
  arts 
  which 
  were 
  necessary 
  for 
  the 
  

   sustenance 
  of 
  life, 
  Man's 
  primitive 
  condition 
  

   may 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  condition 
  of 
  mere 
  childhood. 
  

   As 
  regards 
  the 
  third 
  element 
  in 
  the 
  whole 
  

   question 
  — 
  the 
  element 
  of 
  Time 
  — 
  it 
  is 
  well 
  

   known 
  that 
  all 
  calculations 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  it 
  

   rest 
  upon 
  data 
  respecting 
  which 
  there 
  has 
  

  

  