Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-02-22

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vards-sAs highest cler aGnitsds ~ pcs
,ssspa.
About half u the IA, n h.a passsa b.
pond our canvas; bsv Y Vie 0tAsfs w
had . perfectly distince . dsllbsrats visw.
rhe$ stsregsa four fsst AslGht, Werscot,
sFsd, e&ceft 81 the ~ &ilA thert and
Elosy copper colored 4 end had wihH
Of thin mem hne, without hair,
lying mugly upon thear cks, from The top
pf the Shoulders 70 the 81 Pesof tho DeGs. The
face, which was Of yello\ \ish nesh color, was
slight improvements upon that Of Tie large
ptang outahg, bsing more opsi hnd insslit-
gent In its expresllou, and having 3 much
greater expansion Of fcrehssd Tho mouth,
however, was very prominent, though soms-
Or law, and By lips fer more human thsa
thoss Of any species Of the simia gsnua In
general symmstry Of body and limbs tAey
were inanitsly superior 70 the crang outAng;
% much % that, but fce thsir long wings,
Lieut. Drummond nd tke4 &rald look - well
on parade ground - soui3Vl tho old cock
ney militiai Tho hair on the head was Q
darker color than that OF ths body, closely
curled, but appareutly not woolly, and ar-
ranged in two curious semicircles over The
temples Of the forehead. Their feet could
only Be seen q they were alternately lifted
Ia walking, but, from what We could - uf
them III 40 tfanslent view, they appeared
thin and very protubcfaht 1t the heel.
Whilst paming across the canvas, and
whenever We Afterwards aw them, these
creatures were evidently Engaged In CONVEX
sation; their gesticulatiou, more particularly
the varied action Of their hands and arms,
appeared impasioned and emphatic. We
hence inferred that they were RATIONAL bsines,
and although not perhaps Of % high an ordsf
as others which We discovered the nsxt month
on the shores of the Bay Of Rainbow, that
they were capable of producing works Of art
and cpntrivance. The next view We obtained
Of them was utill moro favorable. Il was
ON the borders OF lit4le lake, or expanded
stream, which wc then for the frst time per-
ceived running down the valley to . large
lake, aud having ON It's eastern margin anall
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 they possessed wings Of great expansion,
and were similar in structure to those OF the
bat, being q semi-transparent membrane ex-
pandsd In curvilineal divisions by means Of
straight radii, united at tho back by the dor
sal integuments. But what astonished US
very much was the circumstance Of this
membrane being continued, from the shoul-
ders to the legs, united all the way down,
though gradually decreasing in width. The
wings seemed completely under the command
Of volition, for those Of the creatures whom
we saw bathing in the water spread them
instantly to their full width, waved them -
ducks do theirs to shake o6 the water, and
then as instantly closed them again In COM
pact form. Our further observation Of the
habits Of these creatures, who were Of both
sexes, led to results so very remarkable that
prefer they should first be laid before the
public In DR.. Herschels own work, where i
have reason 10 know they are fully and faith
fully stated, however incredulously they may
be received. The three families then almost
simultaneously spread their wings, and were
lost in the dark confines Of the canvas be-
fore we had time TO breathe from our par
alyzing astonishment We scientifically do
nominated them the Vespertilio-bomo. or
man-bat; and they are doubtless innocent
and happy creatures, notwithstanding that
some of their amuscnents would but III COM
port with our terrestrial notions Of decorum.
INTERESTING DETAILS TO COME
Soremote do their social actions appear TO be
from those common In mixed assemblages on
this globe that DR.. Herschel requested some
Of the civil and military authorities Of the
colony and several Episcopal and Wesleyan
ministers to visit the observatory late in
March and become eye witnesses. Their
certificates will appear in the forthcoming
report Of DR.. Herschel, which Though The
Journal has been favored with but few
hints on the subject) we are confident will be
at once the most sublime in science and In
tense in general interest that ever issued
from the press. Many columns Of The Sun
arc next filled with details Of discoveries on
the moons surface and accounts Of slight
Improvement in the apparatus specially de-
signed for the study Of these apparently
human beings. They were rewarded by the
discovery Of u valley with indications Of a
temperate climate in which was q magnifi.
cent temple.I
The roof was composed Of some yellow
metal and divided into three compartments,
which were not triangular planes inclining To
the center, but subdivided, curbed and sepa-
rated, 50 as to present mass Of violently
agtated flames rising from common source
Of confagration and terminating In wildly
waving points. This design was too mani
fest and too skillfully executed to be mistaken
mos IN tSasa natallic aamss wo r,srcsivad !
largo snhere ~ a dsrker Mind of metal nssr,y
of q cinndad conner color ,.hich thsv incIosec
aud seeminelv RACED around a. ~ biero
glyphically consuming it. This was the roof
. s,naII snher. NJ ann.rsn,Iv the s.,rs mat.
as tbe large center one and these restcd unor
a tird ~ cornico ,,uits nav An any ord.r y
archi,ecture with which wa are remained
hut nov.r,he,es. s,csad;ng,v gr.csS,I an,
;mnrossiva n was IiLo . hsis o,.r.d .,roIi
swaI,;no ~ boldly fro,,, tho rot .nd h.ny
inc f,r over tha w.lIs IN s.vsr.i corvoi,
tinns n Vac NJ the same metal a. the A.,na
and an s.ch side ~ tha hu,Idino n ,v.. or.,
nj ho,h ends
Tho columns six nm zach s,da ,v.ro .ir,
NV Main shaft ~ithort c.nitaIs ~. 80.
tais or .nv descr,nt;on ~ orn.ma,t. NO
was any rercoived In other os the al
Acc II was or,.n on a.cb .;as and ..s,nad t
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