WITS ON VOLCANOES IN THE MOON 



ample trace* of volcanic fires that once lighted bar 

 all long gone out, and have 1- ft 

 ng behind i"i u- Inn in-'.luhlt? problem* 

 UTS a world of craters, lava, j 

 pices, an<l -in- 1. rn. That niitronoineni were mistaken 

 w.i^ u.. ilincn -lit t" kb in H" ;. uin! ' 1 m be rao 



.vat* all If tlio report* of 



ng mae<i, still said to be seen in the moon, be 



continued, there may not have been much of a atuuible 



all. 



\\ 'hilt- the observatories of Europe took a serious 



of these volcanoes and lava rivers in the moon, 



the wits of London, and the King's equerries at 



Wm.laor, were making fun of the whole thing, and 



turning the batteries ;!.- on William Herschel. 



Tea in the room of the wardrobe ladies at Windsor 



Castle, especially with Mr. Bryant, the antiquary and 



i tho company, "was extremely pleasant" 



It was always antiquities or odd accidents wit h him: 



- night, Dr. Herschel and his newly discovered 



volcanoes in th. moon came in for their share," Next 



evening three equerry colonels were at table. Th<> 



volcanoes again came into tho eyes or lips of some of 



the party ion't give up to Dr. Herschel at all," 



cried Colonel Manners ; " he is all system, and so they 



are all ; and if they can but make out their systems 



don't care a pin for anything else. As to 



Herschel, I liked him well enough till he came t 



volcanoes and then I gave him up: I 



saw he was just like the rest How should he know 



m\ thing of the matter? There's no such thing as 



pretending to measure at such a distance as that" 



Tho company sat silent while this outburst of lava, 



