ClIAP. II g 
MENTAL POWERS. 
69 
Uf -cumulatccl knowledge . 56 As Sir J. Lubbock lias well 
observed, “ it is not too muck to say that the horrible 
dread of unknown evil hangs like a thick cloud over 
savage life, and embitters every pleasure.” These 
’Miserable and indirect consequences of our highest 
Acuities may be compared with the incidental and 
occasional mistakes of the instincts of the lower animals. 
50 ‘Prehistoric Times,’ 2 ad edit. p. 571. In this work (at p. 553) 
oiere will bo found an excellent account of the many strange and 
ca pricious customs of savages. 
