New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-05-02

with remarkable ease and rapdy having in the water
Just the appearance OF PROPOSES Inc hba lips WI
stretched out straight behind. rs the animals sWah
aud the motion mostly sustained by RAPID strokes oI
the fore limbs. The tail, however. e. the fn.like eA
panse med by the closely applied ana outsuelcneu
fat hind hippcrs used with an uldulalihR mo'c-
ment just as la the tail FIN in porposes:
The seals swan with aud rgpdity IRON me stern
to the bows OF the vessel though 1t was going KNOTS
the time, thus going knots at least In fac, they
swan with all the OF a porpoise and as once OF
twice they threw their heads and backs out Oh tue
in forward leap should d certainly d .een hsye almost at
several times, and with their heads well out Vi
Inever before realized the close connection between
the seals and whales and how easily whale might DC
developed out OF seal The fur seal Is one WUn M,
mails The seals without external ears like the sea ee
This one does swimming. Little mobilization would
he necessary in order 10 turn the otherwise useless %
limbs of the earess seals into the whales broad tann
webbed hind fippers We afterward III the Stra,s 1
Magellan became familiar with the motions CT fur seas
IN the water and frequently saw them there IN snoas
progressing through the water by series OF ieaps "a
actly like porposes or rook-hopper penguins.
In concluding his volume the author INDUCES III
a vein of opportune reflection in regard to lie on
shipboard, and the suggestions of the voyage. lie
did not suffer at all from the confinement OF the
vessel during a series of years. Nor did the mo-
tions of the ship after little practice, interfere
with the most delicate operations. Inc ADJUST
ments of the body TO the action of the vessei De-
came so much a matter of habit as to be quite I'M
conscious. Mr. Moseley found no trouble In work
ing with the microscope with the highest powers,
even when the ship was heavily rolling. lie NEIL
ti0ns the escape from many worries ana distrac-
tions such as letters and newspapers as one OF tbe
peculiar privileges of long voyage. On arriving
in England he felt almost sorry to leave the niue
cabin (six feet by SKI, which had been his home
for three years and a half and return to the com
pcated relations of 'shore-going lfe." The voyage
tIa lafto deem IN
ness of the earths surface. We live in the depths
of the atmosphere az deep sea ANIMALS live IN the
depths of the sea. Like these can crawl up INTO
the shadows, or mount at peril IN balloon; Dut
the utmost extent Of vertical range is no greater
than we can walk horizontally on the earths sur
face In a couple of hours. If there were land all
along the equator it would be possible to run
round the world in tram in less than three weeks
walk of four miles day would bring n man
from Behring Strait TO Cape Horn in about seven
years. The earth as component part OF the
universe may be compared to a small isolated island
on is surface. As, in the course of ages, such
an island develops its own peculiar insular fauna
and fora so probably on the surface of the earth
alone has the development of nitrogen occurred III
manner to produce the various forms of animal
and vegetable life. On the theory of evolution,
says the author 1T is impossible that plants or
animals of any advanced complexty, at all resen-
bling those on the earth, should exist on other
planets, in other solar systems. II is even proba-
bic that protoplasm ITSELF the basis of all life, is
production entirely confined TO our small planet.
Mr. Moseley afirms that the expedition of the Chal-
enger has been great scientific success, for which
the greatest credit is due TO Sir Wyvllle Thomson
and DR.. Carpenter, but with regard to any future
scientific expeditions he suggests that the deep sea
with its physical features and its fauna will remain
for an indefinite period in the condition in which
they now exist, with little or change, to be inves-
tigated at leisure at any future time. On the sur
face of the earth, on the contrary. animals and
plants and races of men passing rapidly away,
and the history of these things gone never
be recovered, but must remain forever a gap in the
knowledge of mankind.
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