652 KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 



MASONIC DISCOVERIES. 



Dr. Fanton, a highly instructed Mason, has finished a very careful examina- 

 tion of the foundations of the obelisk known as Cleopatra's Needle, at Alexandria, 

 Egypt, and confirms Lieutenant-Commander Gorringe's discovery of the Masonic 

 emblems, which establish the relations of many ancient Egyptian monuments. 

 Dr. Fanton declares that the Hiram version of Masonry originating with the con- 

 struction of Solomon's Temple, is disproved by the revelations of the foundations 

 of the obelisk. 



The Masonic emblem of Life and the Sun beyond doubt is identical with the 

 Egyptian god Osiris. This proves that Masonry originated with the construction 

 of the Pyramids, or at least with a far remoter period than the construction of the 

 foundation of the obelisk. The number of blocks comprising the foundation, as 

 well as their position and arrangement, indicate that the ancients were familiar 

 with the higher degrees of Masonry — at least as high as the eighteenth degree. 

 Many peculiar emblems, not understood by Lieutenant-Commander Gorringe, 

 were fully explained by Dr. Fanton, from a Masonic point of view. 



This discovery furnishes a clue to other important discoveries, not only under 

 the fallen obelisks, but also in other parts of Egypt, rendering probable a solution 

 of the mystery of the construction of the Pyramids. Among the discoveries was 

 found a perfect cube, and also emblems of all Masonic foundations. 



Lieutenant-Commander Gorringe, who is a member of the Masonic fraternity, 

 entirely approves Dr. Fanton's explanation. 



GEOGRAPHY. 



ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY. 



CAPT. E. L. BERTHOUD, GOLDEN, COLORADO. 



(Continued.) 



If we examine any modern map of the world, say one of Justus Perthes' last 

 publications, in which the most recent discoveries are embodied, we will observe 

 that, although in the South Pacific Ocean DeBougainville, Kerguelen, Marion, 

 D'Urville, Cook, Wilkes and others have sailed in various and devious courses in 

 the Antarctic seas, yet vast tracts of that ocean have never been visited by man, 

 and that we have an ideal Antarctic Continent set before us that has been dimly 

 seen — and never explored — at a few points, distant from each other, and of whose 

 extent and proportions fogs, snows and a sea covered with floating ice rendered 

 uncertainty more uncertain. It is yet a real Terra Australis Incognita. 



