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triangular form, with the acute angle to the south, poin- 

 ting in the direction opposite to that of the world's mo- 

 vement, whereas the continents of the northern hemi- 

 sphere terminate in a variety "of flattened forms, amongst 

 which not a single case of an acute wedge-shaped triangle 

 ean be found. 



The second analogy which we must seek for in the 

 animal world relates to the organs of movement. The 

 movement of fish is effected by the aid of fins and tail 

 and we shall see that our earth is also possessed of 

 fins in the form of mountains, thanks to which she con- 

 tinually veers about, acquiring thereby a twirling move- 

 ment in space. We see again, by the globe, that along 

 the whole length of the planet through the two Ameri- 

 cas, like two enormous sails or fins, pass the crests of 

 the Cordilleras, starting from a point near the equator 

 and spreading like wings, in one direction along the 

 western side of South America, in the other to the west 

 of the northern continent. 



Both these mountain ranges are remarkable from the 

 fact that they are bounded hy uplands on the eastern 

 side, towards which the earth moves, and are preci- 

 pitous on the western side, that is in the direction 

 from which the earth moves; which shows that in na- 

 ture there exists a special energy which, breaking into 

 a parallelogram of forces, imparts to the earth a forward 

 movement from West to East. This energ}- is the warmth 

 of the solar rays. 



Till now the scientific world has ascribed a force of 

 attraction to our sun upon which has been established 

 the system of cosmic gravitation. This view, from Newton 

 downwards, has prevailed in the astronomical world, 

 and, as a scientific truth not subject to any question, has 

 been imported into natural science and the text books of 

 cosmography. 



The German scientific expedition which, under the pre- 

 sidency of Professor Buchman, has been laboring in 

 Egypt, has come to an opposite conclusion, namely that 



