Weekly Messenger, Volume 4, Number 198, Vevay, Switzerland County, 10 October 1835 — Page 1

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TERM-s For iis'v-two nuiiib'Ts. titrfk!

i vn-.i!" not pad ttit.il tie- expiration ol the Yvir r.v i .!.u ;i:rl finv ;.nt. if p.ttd withiu th year and tvo ik.'I.urs, paid i.i at! va;uv.-. M.ub-c.ii tio:i r rtMYf.i for ics than six in eifhsuohss paid in ;vivan"c. S iht ribei who re, five, th-ir papers by

private po-d, to pay tent po-lai.

No "!" ilroriJiiUit until ail

are paid, ai d notice to stop it enl to the ot-tiff-"m writing. A'lverti-oinciit'i invrifd, at the usual rat;v. Except per-oa. udvorlisi f loped ci'.iip:i:'in-i. when '" riil he demanded for a female, and .' lor a male. m;V-Approved produc e, d.bv ered rl thit offn !. or ic!i nlli-r pla o as may he agreed upon, taken in payment. TS5 V. HOOT Z?inlttTKi). ;fu: at astih ).omk'a i . ? i sro v r.n I i-;s, LVTin.Y map: ft,, Sir J-'hn 11 - v Vc. vtthk cap;: of;ihi lion:. I ron Sui-i'leiiitrni to tlie EinburKU Jour. -I ae.ei.ee (UNO LVOPl'" "Thirty degree- farther oui!, in no. 11 or Clcoii.etU-s.an immense annular mountain containing three distinct crab r. which have

J that the wiioie vai-

11 lit LUI V.U IIV IUIflll.lt aw . . . ..j . . . w i aanw VI" lure oiiental fancy, than a distant variety of nature hrojkt by the powers of science to oecular tk-niontnition. The stEiking dissimilitude of tins Uiand to every other we had hum! on lhe;e watersand its near proximity to t!ic Main land., led m to suppose that it must at some time hnvc been a part of it; more erpciiaUy a. its rrcsccat bay embraced tlie licit of a ciiaiti of smaller ones winch ran -iirerllv thither. This first one was pure a

pact feim. Our further observation of the

habits of these creature?, who were of both

sexes, led to results so vt i v itmarkable, that might

I prefer they she. '.Id be laid before the public jan engrm.Y;: fir in if. : uch to your readers

in Dr. A'eiciK! s own v ik, where I liave '3P.iiiac tu .:. Jjec plaie j.

"Tsext to ui-. tne most remarkable fern.-!

-.. ii s. lull"- exlui!iuiti

lev aroand tl.eni, which iclee!i miles in extent, is deii-elv crowded with wood nea.ly to the summit of'the hilU. Not a rod ot vacant land, except the tops of these craters, could he described, and no living creature, except a large white bird resembling the stork. At lhc"southern extremity of litis valiey is a natural aichwavorcaverirJUOfeet high, and 100

wide, through which runs a river that discharges itself over a precipice or grey ruck GO feet in depth, and then forms a branching .stream through a beautiful campaign district for manv milts. Within twenty miles of this cataract is the largest lake or rather inland sea. that has been found throughout the seven ai,. :i half millions of square miles v hich this illuminated side of the moon contains. Its width from cast to west, 198 miles, and from mrth to south -2(3() miles. Its shape, to the

northward, is not unlike that of the hay ol

iiengal, and it is studded with small inlands, niostof which are volcanic. Two of these, on the eastern side, are noy violently eruptive; lowest maer.ifvinir power was too

i; t - w , "71 j great to examine them with convenience, on account of the cloud of smoke and ushes which beclouded our field of view: as seen by Lieut. Urummond, through our relleclir.g telescope of "JOG miles they exhibited great brilliancy. In a bay on the western side of this sea, is an i-land 55 miles long, of a crescent form, crowded throun its entire sweep with the most superb and wonderful natural beauties, both of vegeUtiion and geology. Its hills are pinnacled with tail quartz crystals, of so rich yellow and orange hue that we a. t first supposed them lobe pointed dames of lire; and they

sprung up thus from smooth round brews cf

hills which are covered as w;th a vcivet mantle. Even in the enchanting little vaMeys of this winding island we could often see these splen

did natural spars, mounting in the midst cf deep green woods, like church steeples in the vales of Westmoreland. We here first noticed the lunar palm tree, which d.ifcrs from that of our tropical latitudes only in the peculiarity of very !arg crimson flowers, instead of the spade protruded from the common calx. We, however, perceived no fruit on any specimens we caw: a circumstance which we attempted to act our. t for from the great (theoretical) extitmcs in the lunar climate. On a curious kind of tree-melon, we nevertheless savvfrmt in eat abundance, and in every stage of incepucn and maturity. The general color of these woods was r. dark green though not without occasional admixtures of

every tint of our forest seasons. The hectic Hush of autumn was often seen enkindled upon the cheuk of earliest spring; and the gay draperv of summer, in sonic places surrounded tree's leafless as the victims of winter. It seemed an if all the seasons here united hands in a circle of perpetual harmony.

Of animals we saw only an elegant striped quadruped about three feet high like a miniature zebra, which was always in small herds on the green sward of the hills: and two or three kinds of long-tailed biids which we judged to be golden and blue pheasants. On the shores, however, we saw countless multitudes of univalve shell fish, and among them some huge flat ones which all of my associates declared to be cornu ammoniac; and I confess I was here compelled to aband n my optical substitution of pebbles. The clill all along the shores were deeply ut.dennined by tides; they were very cavernous, and yellow crystal

ufa'aetites larger than a man s thigh were

shooting foS-th on all sides. Indeed every rood of this island appeared to be crystalized

masses of fallen crystals were fojnd on eve-

3:f.h explored, i Lcarr.cd Zrox every

(vtaitz rock about three raiilrs in circumfer

i-nrc, towering in naked majesty from the biue deep, withon? either shore or shelter. But it

I glowed in the sun almost Like a sapphire, as

aid all the lesser ones of wtucr. u seemed the king. Our theory was speedily confirmed, for ail the shore of the main land was battleminted and spirrd with these unobtainable jewt-K of nature: and as we brought our field of view to intitule the utmost rim of the illuminated boundary of the planet, we could still see them blazing in crowded battalions as it were, through a region of hundreds of miles. In fact we could not conjecture where this gorgeous land of enchantment terminated; for as the rotary moiton of the plaiet bore these mountain summits from our view, we became farther remote from our western boundary. " We. were admonished hy this to lose no time in seeking the next proposed object of our search, the Langrcuus, or No. iiG, which is almost within the verge of the liberation in longitude, and of which, for this reason, Dr. Jicrsehtl enleitained some singular expectations. " After a short delay in advancing the observatory upon the levers, and in regulating the cns. we found our objec t and surveyed it. It w as a dark narrow lake seventy miles long,! bounded on the cast, north and west, by red mountains of the same character as those surrounding the valley of the Unicorn, from which it is distant tJthe south west about 1G0 miles. This lake, like that valley, opens to

the south upon a plain not more than ten .iJt.c wi.lf. which is here encircled by a truly magnificent ampilhcaiie uf tlo loiticct of Innar hills. For semi-circle of six miles these hills are riven, from their brow to their base,

as perpendicular as the outer walls of the Co

losseum at Rome; but Here exhibiting the suolimo altitude of at least two thousand feet, in one smooth unbroken surface. How nature disposed of the huge mass which she thus prodigally carried out, 1 know not; tut certain

it i3 that there are no fragments ol it left upon the plain, which is a declivity, without a sin

gle prominence except a billowy tract of

woodland that runs in many a wild vagary of

breadth and course to the margin ot the lake.

the lenses, we found them in flocks over a great part of the valley. 1 need not say how desirous we were of finding shepherds to these flocks, and even a man with a blue apron and rolled up sleeves would have been a w elccme

sight to us, if not to. the sheep; but they fed 'reason to knvw lh y are fully and faith filly sta

in peace, fords ot their own pasture, without ted, hewoer lr.rrcduiucusly the) may be reeither protector or destroyer, in liuman shape, t i ived. The three families then "We at length approached the level open- s;r.ullatcm:sly spread their wings and ing to the lake", where the valley narrows to wr,'e v1 i1 t,;,lk roi firif s of ll,c vai s,

a mile in width, and displays scenery on both , -ic re we had time to frrnthc irem cur par

ships, nirtnresniip and romantic bfi mid 1,p ah 7.1Hg astollishmt nt

? r I - - j

power of a prose

borne on the

crafher similes to nnrtrav the wild suhlimiiv

of the landscape, where dark hrheinoih crnesan,Utcn,imf tuld bat ill ttmport with r.nr!b!

stood over the brows of lofty precipirts, as if ; terrestrial notions of dor. num. 1 he valley

d forests setmed sus- itself w e called the iuby Lolh scum, in com

pliment to its stupendous sculhern boundary,

Icr.t lunar chart gives this great work of nature with w onderful fide lily, and 1 think you

:cecmpiny iny description with

Te scienlifical! v de-

ose description Imagination,!1 c'minattd them the: Vespertilio-hen.o, or man- now. as it was probably went to he in anjirrt wings ofpoelry, coufd alone j ')n( :i,lt they are doubth ss innocent aid hap-Jagrs. n volcanic ciatcr. awfully iiv;";?g cur to portray the wild sublimity ' 10' crcalurtF, notw ill. star dii g seme of tl.cirjMr.unts Etna ar.d Vesuvius in the rr.ct tcrii-

tion in this occrtn is a strikingly brilliant annular mtur. tain cf immerse altitude and circumference, standing 3"0 miles K. S. E. commonly known ns Arhtaichus (No. Ii) rr.d marked in the chart as a large mountain with a great cavity in its centre." That cai:v js

ramparts in the sky; and

pended in mid-air. On the eastern side there was one soaring crag, crested wilh trees, which hung over in a curve, like three fourths of a gothic arch, and being of a rich crimson color, its effect was most strange upon minds unaccustomed to the associat ion of such grandeur with such beauty. Hut while gazit g upon them in a perspective of about half a mile, we were thrilled with astonishment to perceive four successive Hot ks of large winged creatures, wholly unlike any kinds cf birds descend with a slow, even motion frcm the cliffs on the western side, and alight upon the plain. They were first noticed by Dr. Herschel, who ex.claim.ed " Now, gentlemen, my

theories against vour proofs, winch you have

often found a pretty even bet, we have here something worth looking at, I was confident

that ;f ever we found beings in human shape, it would be in this longitude, and they would be provided by their Creator with some extra

ordinary powers of locommotion: first exchange for my number D.,? This lens being soon introduced, gave us a fino half mile dis

tance; and we counted three parlies of these

creatures, of twelve, nine, and fifteen in each,

walking erect toward a small wood near the base of the eastern precipices. Certainly .they were like human beings, for the disopporxrod, and their walking was dignified and erect. Having observed them at Hie di tance for some minutes, we introduced lens II. x. which brought them at the apparent proximity of eighty yards; the highest clear

magnitude we possessed until tne latter end of March, when we elfectcd an improvement in the gas burners. About half of the first party had passed beyond our canvass; but of all the others we had a perfectly distinct and deliberate view. They averaged four feet in height, were covered, except on the face, with shortand glossy and copper-colored hair; linH wintr; rnmnnwtl of il tllih mpmhrfim. ..! tl.

The tremendous height and expansion of this ' hai- x n thejr ,mcks fnim

pci pun

son

on

epoch of tl.tir reign. Ui.favr i ;.l !c a3

the sinle of the atmosphere was to c!r ?e cxnn ir a'icn, we could t :.siJy maik its illumination of li e water, over a uicuit cf (0 n.iit ?.

the six mile sweep of red precipices two thoi- If w c had before Jctniatd ':ny doubt of the sand feet high. And the night, or rather powers cf lunar volrane i s to threw fir gmc r.:s morning, being far advanced we postponed i cf i heir craters so far l.tvct d tl e mcc.vs aft.ur four to Prclravius, (No. iiQ until ar.olhcr jlracli;-ii thai the wc u!d r-.tiosniiiy gravita'c opportunity." 1 1 o thl? earth, and thu accturt lor the niiihiWe hnve, of course, faithfully obeyed Dr. ! ti::!f '; f f -h; ?.cn lit. s w l.kh have iai! :,

Grant's private injunction to omit those high-f''u """""." f' 'Review Iv curious rn,.gs in his coiresponder.ee :of W,:IC?' vc. l,at' t'i Anstarchn., o.dd l-.avc

which he wished us to suppress, although w e Jsefour .cept.cism fou-vc r at n st. J h:s ti.t.undonot elea.lv perceive the force of reasons i'"' however, though Mai ci:g .,f 0 miles in assgned for ii. It is true the omi'ted pnra-ijhc e:.n. not ab.e n..t ,y n.lar, f. r it ii

con:.(Cicd with the main lai d hv ft

ur ( I:aii:

frr-ft. rnnKin 'irta vvtilrh wolliri tin vvI:m!!i-

ilia edible to readers who do not examine the ff " T,'I,:dl lr:::i'h flCn il as u tcmprinciplcs and capacity of the hutrument w ith i ":0"' ct',;,e'which these maivelious discoveries have becnj r.cxt rrcat e.ccan is situated en the.

div ith d

line

Ii he vvcfti i a sue o! tr.e meridian 1:

j rinrsy ;r. ine r.vdsi nv ti.e ime ol tiit: t tj-.ir.N.r,

pedicular mountain, with its bright enm-j t Gf the shoulders to the calves of the front, contrasted with tne fringe of forest , lThe fa which WM of ;i ycUowiitU .ts brow, and the verdure of the open scape fih color wa3 a slight imnrovement upon

utisurpass in unique grandeur by any we had

beheld. Our twenty-five miles perspective included this remarkable mountain, the plain, a part

of a lake, and the last graduated summits of

the rage of hills, by winch latter i nearly surrounded. We ardently wished that all the world could view a scene so strange and grand, and our pulse beat high with the hope cf one day exhibiting it to our countrymen in some part of our native land. But we were at length compelled to destroy our picture as a whole, for the purpose of magnifying its parts for scientific inspection. Our

plane was cf course immediately covered with the ruby front of this mighty amphitheatre, its tall figures, leaping cascades, and rugged caverns. As its almost interminable sweep was measured oil upon the canvass, we fre-

thatoflhe large ourar.g outang, being more intelligent in its expression, and having a much greater expansion of forehead. The mouth, however, was very prominent, tho' somewhat

releived by a thick beard upon the lower j iv,

and by hps far more human than those of any species of the simia genus. In general symmetry of body and limbs they were infinitely superior to the ourang outang so much so, that but for their long wings, Lieutenant Drummond said they would look as well on a parrade-ground as some of the old cockney militia! The hair on the head was a darker colorthan that of the body, closely curled, but apparently not woolly, and arranged in two curious semi-circles over the temples of the forehead. Their feet could only be seen as they were alternately lifted in walking; but from what we could see of t'uern in so tran-

made; but so will r early all of tlue vvhi

has kindly permitted us to publish; and

was for this reason that wc have eivtn cf the. and is a tout i'O miles u north ai a sou;!i ex-

telescope, so important a preliminary. From tcr.f. It is marked C in 1 lie catah.ui . .-.i d these, however, and other prohibited pass.i-.vva? r.nci fully railed the Mare Traiiquihatis. ges, which w ill be publb-hcd by Ur, Her:.- Ii is rather tw o lat ge s as than one t t t an, f-.r ehel, with the certificates cf civil and of sev- it i narrow ed jsM under ;!ie equator by n oral Episcopal, Wcsleyan, and other tninii- strait not more than it.'O mites w id Or-iv ters, who in the month of March last, were: three annular inlands of a large sijc and nnite. permitted, under the stipulation of temporary ! detached fiom ifs shoi es, are to be found vv i:hsecrery, to visit the observatory, and become , in if; though several MibJimc vo'canos exi?t oi eye-witness cf the wonders which they were its northern boundary; one cf the rsi'S! slupc-n-requested to attest, wc arc confident his fortii-'dons of which is w iihin I'-I'J miles of the Mare coming volumes will be at once the most sub- jXerfari?, before mentioned. Immediately limo science, and the most intense in general'co;iligU',us to this second great ocean, ar.d interest, that ever issued from the press. jsrpara'.td from it only by a concatenation of The night of the 1-ilh displayed the mvit'e!Mor.eI continent- and i.-totsd.-., i t!:e th'rd, in her mean li'oei aiion or full; but the some-1 marked I), and known as the Mare Sareuiiaw hat humid state of the atmosp here being for i. It is tieaily square, being about S-0 several hours less favorable to a minute in- iniles in length and width. Hut it has ore spection than to a general survey of her sur- !.. !. ri! i nordinary peculiarity, which is a face, they were chietly devoted to the latter perfectly straight ridge of hills certainly not purpose. But shortly after midnight the last 'more than five miles whir, which stal ls in a veil of mist was dissipated, and the sky being direct line from if? southern to lis northern as lucid as on the former evening, the alien- shon", tli . idingit in the midst. This singular tiou of the astronomers was arrested by ridge is perfectly $ui s?t m.ri, being altrgelhthe remarkable outlines of Use spot marked er unlike any lnonniain chain either on ii-.is Gycho, No. 18, in Blunts lunar chart; and earth or on tho moon itself. It is so very i:i this region they added treasures to human ken, that its great concentration of the solar

knowledge which angels intent wt II desire to light renders it vim -Je to smaii tt iocope-; w in. ; but its character is so slrikingly peculiar that fc,The surface of the moon, when viewed in we could nolYesUt the temptation to depart her mean Hbrntion, even with telescopes of from our predetermined a .'.!: ;t nee to a geavery limited power, exhibits three oceans of cral survey, an 1 examine if paakulaily. Our vast bieadth and circumference: iiideDeialent- b-i: C r bi.,.:ht it u ithin the optic. d ciii'.ar.re.

ly of seven large collrctions of vv.iter vv hit h .f c:f)0 v.vrd, a: d if s v, h 1 width cf four cr maybe denominated seas. Of inferior v. a- fiv mile' snugly within ti--.il of oar caavje. ters, discoverable by the higlier classes t.f in- Nothing that had hil!;ci;o St en, struments, and usually called lakes, the nein- highly excited iW:-:.i-! i:;ei t. jjeliev a her is so great that no attempt has yet bt-.en it or believe it tt' I. it was onetatWc ey s-ta!;-

pjenlly saw long lines of some yellow metal Isient a view, they appeared thin, and very pro-

hanging from the crev ices of the horrizontal

strata in wild net work, or straight pendant branches. We of course concluded that this was virgin gold, and we had no assay master to prove the contrary. On searching the plain, over which we had observed the woods rovinsr in all the shapes of clouds in the sky,

we were again delighted with the discovery of

animals, 'lhe first observed was a quadru

ped with an amazing long neck, head like a sheep, bearing two spiral horns, white as polished ivory, and standing in perpendicular parallel to each other. Its body was like that of a deer, but its fore-legs were most dipro portionally long, and its tail which was very bushy and of a snowy whiteness, curled high

over its rump, and hung two or three inches

by its side. Its colors were bright bay and white in brindled patches, clearly defined, but of no regular form, Jt was found only in pairs in spaces between the woods, and we had no opportunity of witnessing its speed or habits. But few minutes only elapsed before three specimens of another animal appeared, so well known to us all that we fairly laughed at the recognition of so familiar an acquaintance in so distant land. They were neither more nor less than three good large sheep, which would not have disgraced the farms of Leicestershire or the shambles of Leadenhall market. With

the utmost scrutiny, we could find no mark of

distinction between these and those ot our native soil; they had n,ot even the appendage over the eyes, which I have described aa common to lunar quadrupeds. Presently they 3pparcd ic great nusberfi on redaciag

tuberant at the heel.

"Whilst passing across the canvass, and whenever we afterwards saw them, these creatures were evidently engaged in conversation; their gesticulation, more particularly the varied action of their hands and arms, appeared impassioned and emphatic. We hence inferred that they were rational beings, and

although not perhaps of so high an order as et !- n t-c ,'Ki-h ,tro A icrrkvnrrwl in f!if chords nl

Ulll.l 3 l 1111.11 . . V. V. . v.. . ' 1 " - I

the Bay of Rainbows, that they were capable of producing works of art and contrivance. The next view we obtained of them was still more favorable. It was on lhe. borders of a little lake, or expanded stream, w hich we then perceived running down the valley to the large lake, and having on its eastern margin a sm-ill wood. Some of these creatures had crossed this water and were lying like spread eagles on the skirts of the wood. We could then perceive that their wings possessed great expansion, and were similar in structure to those of the bat, being a semi-transparent membrane expanded in curvilincal divisions by means of straight radii, united at the back by the dorsal integuments. But what aston-

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no in she. ; !i-.! ' chemical ;.liia ,l;v;.-.i.i,:.n.f a!.

of ig:u : an; ", v..Ud . x; c'.r-.-.i':ti; in lhe il.

made to count hum. indeed, such a tak zation!

would be almost equal to that of t ntiinera!i;ur ofHfO mlb s is an acute angle f

the annular mountain which are fount! upon rrvstal, briliinnl as a pict e of Df-rhysn-re ?j ar every part of her surface, whether composed just brought from a mine, and . on'aii i:: ; of land or w ater. The largest of the three scarcely a fracture or a chasm frt.m end to oceans, occupies a considerable portion of end! W hat a progh'ns influence n'ut vet the hemispheres between the line of her north- t!;ii t- en times larger a! oe have vxercireu .:.

ern axis and that ol her eastern equator; and on Ibis satelite, when an t in

even extends many degrees south of the l it- of lime, ibe passive suljett t;! ter. Throughout its ea.-tcrn boundary, it so itv! Wt; found that wonder :u closely approaches that of the lunar sphere, 5 extiled hv object?, in (bias to leave, in many places, merely u hinge were but moths and attiiie.r of illuminated mountains, which are hero, w hich should give place to !

therefore, strongly contradistinguished, from tiou. and to reverential onle'e

the dark and shadowy aspect of the great deep, limi'able power cf the Creator. But peninsulas, promontories, capes arid il- j '-The dai k expt :.-e t f w a!, 1 5 !r t!.e sou and-, and a thousand other terrestrial figures 0f the first great ocean has of;-. ;. !.. en c !.. .liir-i iv. llii.l T.ii n..r.i..j in flu. ..... t . . i . .....

.... ......... .... ...... ... niv- CI( (j :l loarin; n il w e it uaq i: i;. x er(y of our geographical immenclature, are M.a of the lir.-t t la-s. rutin ! v sai r.

iounu expanuing, saiiymg loi ni, or glow mg ;U1. and much in.. r e cia umbf red in insular independence, through all the -oil- ontoi,es an l islatais. that it I. a- !

lo-.vy ho'indlessness of llus inagiuhccnt ocean, ted in auv lurru chert O'e t ' i'

Vine oi tne m m remaiKaoie or tiiese is a pro- torics runs from lhe v-cimiv ,.f mv.noittry, vvilhouta name,! believe, in name, -j), whit h is n.eu lv a i;-rii!.,r ! .

1 neiieve, in tne lunar charts, which starts ,,,;!, fn.-ni sl(i f,,. r. i l: ..-.. 1 f

itiio .in no. tow u,Mi it i, tienomitiaieu v,.perni- m, -.unlainoi' t lv (1... .,1 I ...t.-, i ..e i-

-jj ...v. v,. ...y...,,!.. ,u; juauiiit;, hijj-n:, out, ai-a s. .a .- ! ii,g v; :. : ci: as we eyetitualiy discovered, with git-at nat-.Bui l';,nJiu, M.u.diag ;;;;' a b. jd 'are . urat curiosities. This promon;tory i.- ia.b 1 1! -,?i,., .;,, :e, h j.- .r-n: !v exe'i :'",'. i most singular. Its nolheru ex! i eiuily i?. than-' iil.' ai-1 ma'crty of' i.s l'.n -. T-.e a ed much like an imperial ciown, living a pheie b.-ii. i.'-.v ipii'e !:ic firan vapt n swelling bow, divided and lied dow n in its mtroduv'.-d'tht; uiagmfais to -x:.m:!:'; a centre by a band cf hills w .h'.th is united wiih l-ii-rhi c'iu-L- of biih w hit h ivt ( !. !

lis loreiicatt Hand or rase. J iie tvv o opt n -.r v. i a abu 'men!, t i !i f,.-,:-spaces formed liy tliis divisi.m aie two lakes' tain. The hi!!- were e: flier f! p reach eighty miles w ide; and at tin foot of niaihle or fs-n'ii-t ra.r-pi; r nl i :!. vv

these, tUvided Irom (hem hv (ne band ol huli di..ling'iiiu wn-ih. nnd thev !

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ished us very much was the circumstance of. hut mentioned, i, another'lake, larger tha'i lotlier ' of '"tb-re hn t lv "M 'i 'v; ;h this membrane being continued, from Ihu; the two together, and nearly pcrfecliy square. ever me r.o.ter.r.-j? 'umv de?ci'i.'ii!

snouiuers to me legs, unueu uu uie way uowii.jl he one is followed, alter another hiily tlitis- !nf paiadisait al hi.-jt though gradually decreasing in width. The ion, by a lake of an inegnlar form; and lhi,! p, in.iiive r.i !. in ti J . J I . 1 .1.. 1 1 ', . . 1... ' '

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wings seemed completely under the command

of volition, for thoss of the creatures whom we saw bathing in the water, spread them instantly to their full width, waved them as ducks do theirs to shake off the water, and tLea S3 kstaatly closed them ugaia ia & cox

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one, yet again, hv two narrow ones, divided ! ,.;vt

longitudinally, which are atlenualcd north-';;!;, .i

ward to the main land. Thus this skeleton . t j, ,r.x:ril I v I II t. ;!:;::, in - m aief. tie. Ih promoi.t ry t)f mountain ridgt s runs IYX miles 'aid i. must he .- at a i-cal .! ei it i.t

info the ocean, with six capacious lakes en- dwellers in this valley durii

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