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We saw innumerable specimens of bird life no larger than those encountered in the forests of Europe or America. It is well known that during the last few years whole species of birds have quit the earth. WE SAW INNUMERABLE SPECIMENS OF BIRD LIFE NO LARGER THAN THOSE ENCOUNTERED IN THE FORESTS OF EUROPE OR AMERICA IT IS WELL KNOWN THAT DURING THE LAST FEW YEARS WHOLE SPECIES OF BIRDS HAVE QUIT THE EARTH
to that country, for travel on land and water. By some device which I cannot explain, they hold communion with one another between the most distant parts of their country, on air currents. All buildings are erected with special regard to strength, durability, beauty and symmetry, and with a style of architecture vastly more attractive to the eye than any I have ever observed elsewhere. About three-fourths of the "inner" surface of the earth is land and about one-fourth water. There are numerous rivers of tremendous size, some flowing in a northerly direction and others southerly. Some of these rivers are thirty miles in width, and it is out of these vast waterways, at the extreme northern and southern parts of the "inside" surface of the earth, in regions where low temperatures are experienced, that fresh-water icebergs are formed. They are then pushed out to sea like huge tongues of ice, by the abnormal freshets of turbulent waters that, twice every year, sweep everything before them. VEYANCES PECULIAR TO THAT COUNTRY FOR TRAVEL ON LAND AND WATER BY SOME DEVICE WHICH I CANNOT EXPLAIN THEY HOLD COMMUNION WITH ONE ANOTHER BETWEEN THE MOST DISTANT PARTS OF THEIR COUNTRY ON AIR CURRENTS ALL BUILDINGS ARE ERECTED WITH SPECIAL REGARD TO STRENGTH DURABILITY BEAUTY AND SYMMETRY AND WITH A STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE VASTLY MORE ATTRACTIVE TO THE IRON THAN ANY I HAVE EVER OBSERVED ELSEWHERE ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF THE INNER SURFACE OF THE EARTH IS LAND AND ABOUT ONE FOURTH WATER THERE ARE NUMEROUS RIVERS OF TREMENDOUS SIZE SOME FLOWING IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION AND OTHERS SOUTHERLY SOME OF THESE RIVERS ARE THIRTY FIVE MILES IN WIDTH AND IT IS OUT OF THESE VAST WATERWAYS AT THE EXTREME NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE INSIDE SURFACE OF THE EARTH IN REGIONS WHERE LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPERIENCED THAT FRESH WATER ICEBERGS ARE FORMED THEY ARE THEN PUSHED OUT TO SEA LIKE HUGE TONGUES OF ICE BY THE ABNORMAL FRESHETS OF TURBULENT WATERS THAT TWICE EVERY YEAR SWEEP EVERYTHING BEFORE THEM
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