The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-01-31
Geological Errors.

HoOlOg1cal GrrorS.
In days fyorc, when geological estab-
lishments were not, the wisdom of our
ancestors, struggling through the mists
of the ignorance of ages, could not pre-.
vent them from believing strange things,
and setting them forth to the world in
all simplicity, finding crodence for the
most wonderful assertions in the eager
mir DIS of the cravors after knowledge
What would the youngest visitant Of
the Surrey or the Regents Park say
to be told that his flexible and familiar
friend the elephant, who kncols down
that he may mount the pavilion on his
back, has no ionts2 And yet Aristotle
Dodorus, Strabo, Cassiodorus, and
many other learned Thebans, with anci
ent houored names, believed this to be
the case, and thus express their convic.
ton. The elephant having no joints
is obliged to sleep standing the hunters,
therefore, cut the tree against which the
animal leans, as being once down they
cannot rise again. No sooner does this
animal hear pig grunt than he takes to
flight IN the utmost terror"
AEllan asserts that he had seen an
elephant write n letter. another sage de.
o''ros 'n'' nc noaru nun speak one
co"lu almost UciIevo etther act OF our
sagaciohs frinnd but still We are forced
10 s'iPu'"te i'f an a'lout.
4 horse and pigeon were believed to
have no gall, but Pliny is caught trip
ping when. after saving this. he roes on
/ " Scy 'l'a' .ne gan oil Il morse Is poison
As l'r Tue p'eGoh' IL was thought rroiane
u''Dc''',c t"o ON 9S'U' Vi nature Ill
''No' VI c''W W"'c" i'au oceu choseh as
Sy"",, VI All '"a' was pure 9en'iea,u
10y " ''u t'SP4g' 10 our ,r'e"u ne
o''g''' We Is aeScriocd ny no less Phi''
"''p''e' '''"H A'ocr'us NagnuS as nav
l'8 II, 'oe7 Sn'r'er on one sac thail on
"o o'''' -"'''uug" ne 'u'N u'spaliln9'
II y '"P|SS'o'e 10 prove 1t NJ
( 'o''""''. WI" agrees III thc poor p'n9'
=, oeioc'''e lorhatloh' inserts SAVING
1'"u'v I,. oy ieniaIN'ng: 'h's 'hoYu"'i.y
("'''n Wo",u MAKE MN more sp'ehd'1
,I ,Tau ., " G'ug,r I ~ cannot De observed
nc "'Io u'np's ., tna' the bear prouuces
".' us "','ou, form anu Voiu' "hu De-
,"s '"'i'u'',cy ',hy 10 lick 'nem ih'o
":pe' "'sIc'S, SUI" was ,nr i1ce'Neu
r'".'" ~ nc' U'S;, n't''y u"'e !"
~, IL! SUI " ,"ih "pou' singing swans
M",'h ;, he's. NY'' ., s"!o 10 "ecotne "nc'Iu'ouS
J1'' '0.Y'. '"y'' u'a'"' '"" '"ous"' py
SUM- .","t's's ~" .. ~ nave very goou
.I'oo1 ~ "'' ''"c1' ou' " snug III p,nc's
""'i. Nv my oou'' i,o"' .nr'h' A'uro
"''J"' i'''' u.s. "Uiiu nv, 'n'' '"' Nwa"s on
'' ','P"' - '''e "'''''' S'"G "u.u'H"'
!,;.ii i"' ""l V"o' vi II '""" nrp'ng 'N
ruui''o"' ''e' "e'.u '"o'' "c same
""'"o'' I','.'e ,., '.', ''le peac'cS !, "'""'s
u''r,S III us 'l'nu "ouu' '"I u3''"eSS VI
,Io, ' Th TIa ou'e 'e"''.; VIII" nc 'ooN' a., a.,
,i ,"VT'. no 'rperS'tI''', ~ i'S occu "Sciu'
~ w. 'ro G',s y, ., ''e i.as' "no ti'rouuct
,Io E os Issn;, ,'.G '"sn e'isvs' e alo'ns 'nu'
,q "e'o' Ivy "'1'0 .'"'' '"e Pe"oocN
rI''"s "'Ioo ''I:"' WI WI .no '1' Pe"V ~
s'o,.; ",n o?'''o''iru WIN '''' enemy o'
"''''''D 'r'I', ou' ,, n',' p'''!n,s o'o'
f.as f a: ae",':-'1 I':''N'o ~ '",'"D'' On!
a.a. "Ni.,; '0''6 '"''o"6" ''P'o"'
r.. ~ Il Y-'',t''
1,n anJ ,n; '' ~ ,'i, Nc p'S'''IN' s",'I''",
i''''.'''N' "''"''s" =" ''N'o"
~ aw,it ~ a.. e'''' ' ~ 90 'nry were oe'lc.'u .
.J 49, "' Hoi' 40 So'l'on'S having 1"
i v" N,o" e"' 'u' '"cY sco'' ~
'oI'' "t''uo"ou 40 '"u,e n'e'oS'9 Pu'
WIS.,, T,i''i'or, T, esse''c''' "' al carry pc,
i 'ou ! ne "g'i was very mysterious
'r pI"a' III 'no u"9S ., Ho'c' ienu'''S n's
1,"fo " "''''e' "ln "'I"'u'. WIZ 'o"''
W., ,'v'Su'u III '"""''"s "cou' III MS sN'n,
" "o0'e' e''', o' "o.' ""u"''eS anu
""S S'e', hrS' ny Tue 'u'"ia'' uecame I'M
,"ou,"tr'y uu'np' as many ciasslc poct
'aS 'o'o us; M without ,nci'ioh'nS 'irs"
n'hscn' us was urouene ABOUT, pe
maps, on 'he sane pr'nc'Pies US those
"h'Gn u'ade me shh1ow oi tne hSena
I''a' 10 'hc Vo'eeS oil uosS' i'lny Is 'ne
authority 'or u"sS Always ioSinS their
T voices under It's Influences
ii there are sncn creatures as cry,
!. rhonS' VINO were said to watch mines Of
gold, we have chance now OF beng able
TO describe them accurately fron the oo'
Seryations OF those naturallStS who VISIT
'alIl"rula ana Melbourne fuSeli: IN
one oi ms singular pictures, represented
Onc--Wc know not from what authority
pursuing an Arimaspiau, in illustra.
ton of limo Of Milton. Both the ac.
tors in his drama are sufficiently hide
Gus. aud it would be difficult to decide
upon the species of either To judge by