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THE AMEEICAN MONTHLY 



[October, 



others {h, z) were floating separately. 



That marked / slowly approached 



d, e, and d stretched away from e as 



if attracted by /. In a similar way a 



began to leave b as if drawn toward 

 h, and c to move toward d, e. At the 

 end of the first hour the situation was 

 as shown in Fig. 35. In another half 



X)/ 

 5 



X 



/ ^ 



Fig. 35. 



hour conjugation had taken place be- 

 tween a and h, and between d and i ; 



/, g remained nearly as at first, and c 

 and e were separate. Fig. 36 shows the 



/ 



\ 



/ T ^ ' 





Fig. 36. 



general position at this time. An 

 hour later, e drifting toward/,^, that 

 pair separated, / approaching e. So, 



Fig. 37 



c approaching d, i, they also separat- 

 ed, as did h, a. The whole nine were 

 now single again, and the lateness of 



Fig. 89. 



Fig. 40. 



Fig. 41. 



Fig. 42. 



