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ran up and down the jungle, and strange fires blazed and 

 spread. To the explorers these things were the manifesta- 

 tions of evil spirits, not the work of man, but when they 

 captured some living apes "whom the interpreters called 

 gorilla," they thought their prisoners were the wild hairy 

 humans of this wilderness. 



So, inventing fabulous wonders, misinterpreting real 

 marvels, pondering on the infinite, pitting his feebleness 

 against irresistible strength, man crept on over the face 

 of the spinning globe, every step leading toward the goal 

 of Final Knowledge which he never has reached and never 

 will, for the wonders of the universe are endless. 



We might go on and on, finding the history of explora- 

 tion by water a never-ending marvel, but it is only the 

 history of the oceans in two planes of space — ^Flatsea Tales 

 which have no direct bearing on our theme. Let us break 

 the surface in a third dimension. 



