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The people are exceedingly musical, and learned to a remarkable degree in their arts and sciences, especially geometry and astronomy. THE PEOPLE ARE EXCEEDINGLY MUSICAL AND LEARNED TO A REMARKABLE DEGREE IN THEIR ARTS AND SCIENCES ESPECIALLY GEOMETRY AND ASTRONOMY
urface of the earth. I remember hearing my father remark that the giant race of people in the land of "The Smoky God" had almost as accurate an idea of the geography of the "outside" surface of the earth as had the average college professor in Stockholm. In our travels we came to a forest of gigantic trees, near the city of Delfi. Had the Bible said there were trees towering over three hundred feet in height, and more than thirty feet in diameter, growing in the Garden of Eden, the Ingersolls, the Tom Paines and Voltaires would doubtless have pronounced the statement a myth. Yet this is the description of the California sequoia gigantea; but these California giants pale into insignificance when compared with the forest Goliaths found in the "within" continent, where abound mighty trees from eight hundred to one thousand feet in height, and from one hundred to one hundred and twenty feet in diameter; countless in numbers and forming forests extending hundreds of miles back from the sea. ATER ON THE OUTSIDE SURFACE OF THE EARTH I REMEMBER HEARING MY FATHER REMARK THAT THE GIANT RACE OF PEOPLE IN THE LAND OF THE SMOKY GOD HAD ALMOST AN ACCURATE IDEA OF THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE OUTSIDE SURFACE OF THE EARTH AS HAD THE AVERAGE COLLEGE PROFESSOR IN STOCKHOLM IN OUR TRAVELS WE CAME TO A FOREST OF GIGANTIC TREES NEAR THE CITY OF DELPHI HAD THE BIBLE SAID THERE WERE TREES TOWERING OVER THREE HUNDRED FEET IN HEIGHT AND MORE THAN THIRTY FEET IN DIAMETER GROWING IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN THE INGERSOLLS THE TOM PAINS AND THE VOLTAIRES WOULD DOUBTLESS HAVE PRONOUNCED THE STATEMENT THE MYTH YET THIS IS THE DESCRIPTION OF THE CALIFORNIA SACOIA GIGANTIA BUT THESE CALIFORNIA GIANTS PALE INTO INSIGNIFICANCE WHEN COMPARED WITH THE FOREST GOLIATHS FOUND IN THE WITHIN CONTINENT WHERE ABOUND MIGHTY TREES FROM EIGHT HUNDRED TO ONE THOUSAND FEET IN HEIGHT AND FROM ONE HUNDRED TO ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FEET IN DIAMETER COUNTLESS NUMBERS AND FORMING FORESTS EXTENDING HUNDREDS OF MILES BACK FROM THE SEA
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