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waste, by offcast, of bergs, largely predominate in the region 
north of latitude (iti" at Behring's Straits, while to latitude 
84 ' north of Spitsbergen, areas of clear sea are noted, and 
the North Atlantic and North Sea abound in ice-bergs, the 
central point of the ice continent, that is the actual centre 
of the circle of frigidity, within Arctic polar regions, must he 
south-westerly, as assumed scientifically on different data to 
those I submit as the cause, from the assumed astronomical 
position of the Pole. 
In the present state of science the reasons inducing the 
construction of those stupendous marvels of ancient times, 
the Pyramids, are not perceived. The great Pyramid of 
Ghizoh, built of solid blocks of stone into a dense mass, and 
dovetailed into solid rock, is only accredited as the tomb of 
some Egyptian monarch, at a date long subsequent to that 
of Noah's Deluge. I conceive it to have boon erected for a 
wholly different purpose, and prior to that catastrophe. In 
the narrative of Vinson Smith (Astronomer Royal for Scot- 
land) of his exploration of the Great Pyramid, it is stated 
that "in and upon the coffer there is not a shadow of 
carving, painting, or writing, as there would have been upon 
a sarcophagous, and there is no lid. From considerations of 
its si/.o, and proportions to the chamber and the Pyramid, it 
cannot be other than the original vemel. for which Ike chamber 
ican anciently built. ... It has a distinct reference in 
its size and cubic contents to the capacity and density of the 
matter contained in the crust of the earth, anil it is only by 
physical science, rightly applied, that this ancient and 
weighty message of old to the present day can be read." 
Since the construction of this Pyramid, some force other 
than atmospheric action and rains has levelled beneath the 
surface surrounding the edifice the vast piles of debris con- 
sequent on the builders' operations. "The excavated, 
material is not to be found. The building seems as if 
dropped from heaven in a perfect state." 1 have submitted 
that this Pyramid is one of those built, according to Josephus, 
by (lie descendants of Ket.h, son of Adam, to record their 
discoveries in physical science, and that the purpose of the 
solidly constructed Pyramid, and of its coffer, and accurately 
proportioned markings of the chiselled stones of vast dimen- 
sions forming the walls of the coffer chamber, was to investi- 
gate and note the changes, in constancy of relative position, 
of the polar axis, and deviations of the earth's centre of 
gravity, as indicated after long lapses of time, by an altera- 
tion of the surface level of water, when placed in the coffer, 
with reference to the finely adjusted horizontality of the 
