[By A. Ticidle. 



THE BIRTH CF THE MOON- 



I he Pacific Ocean is the possible cradle of the Moon. Attracted by the solar tides, it ie supposed that a great nebulous mass 

 was drawn away from the Earth, whose crust wae insufficient to retain the semi-gaseous matter. The new-born Moon, however, 

 could not escape the superior attraction of the Earth, so that these dual influences moulded it to its present shape and defined 

 its present course. 



