WORKS OF MAN. 
87 
Another vast break occurs between the 
creation of the present order of things, and 
the appearance in these western parts 
of the dweller in the hut now imbedded 
in the peat. The chasm thus found is 
as to man’s portion of the history filled 
up by a dismal tale of sin, woe, and de- 
generacy. 
For us there remains the due expression 
of gratitude that our lot is placed neither 
amidst the dark places of the earthy nor in 
its darker epochs. 
