The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-05-14
THE FIRST GREAT SHIP.
THERE. WAS ROOM IN IT FOR.
'l ALL The ANIMALS. ~
Figures Showing Tha. II Was Not ne All
( = Myth-Two Of Each known
Species or Animals Easily
Accommodated.

held as the supreme test and nothing
Il - "a accepted that can not be
demonstrated clearly. 1t has been as
serted tina; the story OF the ark Is
positively proved to be fable myth,
legend. by the fact that II would be
an absolute impossibility to place two
OF every species OF known land ami
mails In the space OF the ark. This
appears to some young persons q con-
elusive proof coming from . scienti-
fic source But as Il is a simple ques-
ton OF the multiplication table there
is no science at oil in this positive
proof" as a candid infdel OF high
authority in natural science declares
The matter is so simple that even an
outsider like myself may state it
says writer in the Sunday School
Times. The narrative OF the making
OF the ark is; This is how thou shalt
make 1t; the length OF the ark 800
cubi,s. the breadth OF it 90 cubits and
the height Of it 80 cubits." The
length OF the cubit has been settled
by the comparison OF numerous
Egyptian. Babylonian and Other cubits
OF earliest times by Oppert Lepsius
Flinders. Petrie and others. and espec-
tally by the conclusive work OF Leb-
mann. It was between 10 and 20
inches; but in order to be
on the entirely safe side. we will take
it to be only 10 inches Then the SIR
face ofone dock OF the ark would be
$50 multiplied by rs. equals 33. $50
square feet Naturalists differ very
largely as to the classification OF spe-
clos. the majority estimating from L.
200 to l. 600 species; but we will take
the EXTREMIST estimate by high
authority. Wallace in his '.Distribu-
ton OF Animals" New York. 1870.
who gives 2. 415--that is. 290 species
above the size of the sheep 157 from
the sheep to the rats. and 1859 of
the rats. bats and shrews. Then with
two OF each OF the species, 2.4l5 null
tiplied by 2 equals 4. $50. and with 2
OF each OF the 10 species OF clean ami
mails 20. we would have. as the high
est estimate OF all of the land NAM
malta. A. 600. to be placed in the ark.
In order to learn what space would be
required we must ascertain the aver
age size OF these 2. 415 species. There
Is no sort OF difficulty in this since the
measurements OF the species are rs
we'll known and familiar to naturalists
as the species themselves. But lest
/ may seem to venture upon ground
that Is beyond me. have the very
high authority of Prof Ward. Of
s,, kafA hat
average size OF all the land mammalia
would be about that OF the gray fox.
or the common house cat Auy one
can verify this by consultation OF the
special works giving the size OF ami
mails. The ocean steamers carrying
cattle most carefully from Amer
lea TO Scotland allow 20
square feet to each OK. II we
allow one-fourih OF that space 8
square feet for cat we shall be Civ
ing super-abundance OF room; then
1900 multiplied by equals "a 500
square feet OF surface and would be
ample to contain all the known species
of animals at the highest estimate Of
their number. We have seen that
square feet; 80, $50 minus by "a. 500
equals $3.50. All the species then
could be placed on one deck OF the
ark. and still there would be one third
(l23t multiplied by 75) OF that dock
vacant. Wallace estimates OF birds
10 0S7; OF reptiles 973; Of Lizards.
1852; OF insects (roughly). 100, 0J0
species. II we again take the aver
age OF all these species they could
easily be placed on the $3.50 square
feet not occupied by the mammalia
II the ark had only one deck. two OF
each known species OF land mamma
liza birds. reptiles lizards and insects.
could find abundant room there. But
II we follow the majority OF natural
lists and take above their estimate,
100 rs the number OF species; then
100 multiplied by 2 equals 3400. plus
20 equals 3470 multiplied by equals
IL. $50 square feet. As the deck con.
tanned 80. $50 square feet then two OF
each species of all the mammalia
would find abb ndant room in one. half
OF the deck and feet additional.
leaving the remaining one-half
(219x75) for the birds reptiles liz
ards insects Leaving the ark. Il is
plain that any OF the great ocean steam
ers plying between New York and
Liverpool could place. with abundant
room. two OF each known species Of
land mammals and birds. reptiles
etc. on one Of their decks These facts
are so we'll known and SO easy to
learn II one does not know them that
We ask what claim has a man TO sci
entifc knowledge or to scientific
spirit who makes the statement that
the scientific knowledge OF the species
OF animals IL a conclusive proof that
they could not have been placed in
the ark. And hence the narrative OF
OF the ark Is nero myth Only the
one deck OF the ark has been spoken
Of to show its ample space for all the
known speciea But no one who has
studied the subject supposes that the
ark had only one deck. The ark Is
said to have lad rooms (nag..s nests)
in It" and clover second asl third
stories" From this II IL concluded
that the ark had three decks for as
every waterman knowA n natboat